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.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mayan language → indigenous language → language →
country	Guatemala NERFINISHED → Mexico →
endonym	Qyol Mam (in some communities) →
ethnicGroup	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 →
region	Huehuetenango Department → Quetzaltenango Department → San Marcos Department →
spokenIn	Guatemala NERFINISHED → Mexico → southern Mexico → western highlands of Guatemala →
subfamily	Western Mayan languages →
usedFor	daily communication among Mam people → local radio broadcasting → oral tradition → religious practice →
usedInEducation	bilingual education programs in Guatemala →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mam ("Mam people") →	ethnicGroup
National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Guatemala ("Mam people") →	focusesOnCulture
Guatemala Highlands ("Mam Maya") →	hasEthnicGroup
Mayan languages →	includesLanguage
Spanish conquest of Guatemala ("Mam Maya") →	mainAdversary
Guatemala →	recognizedLanguage