Mam

E86612

Mayan language indigenous language language

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

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mam canonical	6
Mam Maya	3
Mam people	2
mam	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mayan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ
country	Guatemala ⓘ Mexico ⓘ
endonym	Qyol Mam (in some communities) ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Mam self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mam people
glottocode	mamm1241 ⓘ
hasAgencySupport	Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ
hasDialect	Central Mam ⓘ Northern Mam ⓘ Southern Mam ⓘ
hasDigitalPresence	online learning materials ⓘ social media content in Mam ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ rich aspectual system ⓘ verb–initial basic word order ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom	Spanish ⓘ
hasMedia	community radio programs in Mam ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage	Akateko ⓘ Ixil ⓘ Kʼicheʼ ⓘ Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ Tektiteko ⓘ
hasOrthography	standardized orthography promoted by Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive tone in some dialects ⓘ glottalized consonants ⓘ
iso639-3Code	mam ⓘ
languageBranch	Greater Qʼanjobʼalan (sometimes classified) ⓘ
languageFamily	Mayan language family ⓘ
languageStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
partOf	Mesoamerican linguistic area ⓘ surface form: Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
region	Huehuetenango Department ⓘ Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ San Marcos Department ⓘ
spokenIn	Guatemala ⓘ Mexico ⓘ southern Mexico ⓘ western highlands of Guatemala ⓘ
subfamily	Mayan languages ⓘ surface form: Western Mayan languages
usedFor	daily communication among Mam people ⓘ local radio broadcasting ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ religious practice ⓘ
usedInEducation	bilingual education programs in Guatemala ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (12)

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

Guatemala → recognizedLanguage → Mam ⓘ

Spanish conquest of Guatemala → mainAdversary → Mam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mam Maya

Mayan languages → includesLanguage → Mam ⓘ

Guatemala Highlands → hasEthnicGroup → Mam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mam Maya

National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Guatemala → focusesOnCulture → Mam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mam people

Mam → ethnicGroup → Mam self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mam people

San Marcos Department → ethnicGroup → Mam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mam Maya

Tektitek → closelyRelatedTo → Mam ⓘ

Ixil → closelyRelatedTo → Mam ⓘ

Soconusco → indigenousLanguagePresence → Mam ⓘ

Central Mam → ISO639-3 → Mam ⓘ

this entity surface form: mam

Qyol Mam (in some communities) → alternativeNameOf → Mam ⓘ

subject surface form: Qyol Mam