Mam language

E388690

Mayan language indigenous language of the Americas language

Mam language is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Mam people in the highland regions of Guatemala and parts of southern Mexico.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Mam language canonical	9

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mayan language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language ⓘ
associatedEthnicity	Mam Maya ⓘ
basicWordOrder	VOS ⓘ VSO ⓘ
branch	Greater Qʼanjobʼalan ⓘ surface form: Greater Qʼanjobʼalan branch
closelyRelatedTo	Awakatek language ⓘ Ixil language ⓘ Tektiteko language ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Guatemala ⓘ Mexico ⓘ
endonym	Qyol Mam ⓘ
family	Mayan languages ⓘ surface form: Mayan language family
glottocode	mamm1241 ⓘ
hasDialects	Central Mam ⓘ Northern Mam ⓘ Southern Mam ⓘ Tacaná ⓘ surface form: Tacaná Mam
hasEthnologueEntry	Mam ⓘ
hasFeature	complex aspect and status markers ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasGrammarType	ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative ⓘ
hasOfficialRecognition	recognized indigenous language in Guatemala ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive tone in some dialects ⓘ glottalized consonants ⓘ
iso639-3	mam ⓘ
languageFamily	Mayan ⓘ
languageStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
macrofamily	Mayan languages of Mesoamerica ⓘ
region	Chiapas ⓘ Guatemala Highlands ⓘ surface form: Guatemalan highlands Huehuetenango Department ⓘ Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ San Marcos Department ⓘ
spokenBy	Mam people ⓘ
spokenIn	Guatemala ⓘ Mexico ⓘ
subfamily	Western Mayan ⓘ
usedIn	bilingual education programs in Guatemala ⓘ community and ceremonial contexts among Mam people ⓘ local radio broadcasting ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guatemala Highlands → hasLanguage → Mam language ⓘ

Guatemalan Americans → language → Mam language ⓘ

San Marcos Department → languageUsed → Mam language ⓘ

Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala → promotes → Mam language ⓘ

Northern Mam → subfamilyOf → Mam language ⓘ

Southern Mam → subdivisionOf → Mam language ⓘ

Central Mam → subdivisionOf → Mam language ⓘ

Qyol Mam (in some communities) → refersTo → Mam language ⓘ

subject surface form: Qyol Mam

Qyol Mam (in some communities) → isEndonymFor → Mam language ⓘ

subject surface form: Qyol Mam