Northern Mam
E411183
Northern Mam is a Mayan language variety spoken primarily in the highland regions of Guatemala by Mam indigenous communities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northern Mam canonical | 4 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language variety
ⓘ
Mesoamerican language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ |
| alignmentType | ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Central Mam
ⓘ
Southern Mam ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mam indigenous communities ⓘ |
| hasDialect | varieties within Northern Mam continuum ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
contrastive tone absence ⓘ glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | mamm1241 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | mam ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
aspect marking on verbs
ⓘ
person marking on verbs ⓘ status suffixes on verbs ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between plain and glottalized stops
ⓘ
long and short vowels ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
predicate-initial clauses
ⓘ
rich system of aspect and status markers ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
endangered
ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ |
| languageTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| morphologyType | head-marking language ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesoamerican linguistic area
ⓘ
surface form:
Mayan linguistic area
|
| region | western Guatemala ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Mam people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guatemala
ⓘ
Guatemala Highlands ⓘ
surface form:
Guatemalan highlands
|
| subfamilyOf |
Greater Qʼanjobʼalan
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Qʼanjobʼalan branch
Mam language ⓘ Mamean branch ⓘ Mayan languages ⓘ
surface form:
Mayan language family
|
| subjectOf |
Mayan linguistics research
ⓘ
grammatical descriptions and dictionaries ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in Mam communities
ⓘ
local cultural practices ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn |
bilingual education programs in parts of Guatemala
ⓘ
community radio programming in Mam areas ⓘ |
| wordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.