Central Mam
E411185
Central Mam is a major regional variety of the Mam Mayan language spoken primarily in the western highlands of Guatemala.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Central Mam canonical | 4 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language variety
ⓘ
regional language variety ⓘ |
| alignment | ergative–absolutive ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Northern Mam
ⓘ
Southern Mam ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | Mayan → Western Mayan → Greater Qʼanjobʼalan–Mam → Mam ⓘ |
| glottocode | mamm1241 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
marker of Mam ethnic identity
ⓘ
medium of traditional narratives and ritual speech ⓘ |
| hasDialectalVariation | yes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
aspect-marking on verbs
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ set A and set B person markers ⓘ status suffixes on verbs ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasOrthographyDevelopedBy | linguists and local educators ⓘ |
| hasPhonemicContrast |
glottalized consonants
ⓘ
tone or pitch-based prosody ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEfforts | yes ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
predicate-initial clauses
ⓘ
use of relational nouns for adpositions ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 |
Mam
ⓘ
surface form:
mam
|
| languageFamily |
Q’eqchi’ Maya culture
ⓘ
surface form:
Mayan
|
| languageOf | Mam people ⓘ |
| morphologyType | head-marking ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mayan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Mayan language family
Western Mam dialect cluster ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | western highlands of Guatemala ⓘ |
| regionType | highland language ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Huehuetenango Department
ⓘ
surface form:
Department of Huehuetenango
department of Quetzaltenango ⓘ
surface form:
Department of Quetzaltenango
Department of San Marcos ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Mam language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Western Mayan ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
local commerce ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn | bilingual education programs in Guatemala ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.