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Mam, Northern

A language of Guatemala

ISO 639-3: mam
This ISO 639-3 code has undergone change through the merging of one or more retired code elements. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population	200,000 in Guatemala (2000). Population total all countries: 201,000.
Region	Western Huehuetenango Department (San Sebastián and other towns) and San Marcos Department; 17 towns. Dialects spoken in San Miguel Ixtahuacán (18,000) and Concepción Tutapa (30,000) towns. Also in Mexico.
Language map	Guatemala, reference number 27
Alternate names	Huehuetenango Mam
Classification	Mayan, Quichean-Mamean, Greater Mamean, Mamean
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 21%. Bible: 1993.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO.

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Mexico

Language name	Mam, Northern
Population	1,000 in Mexico (1980 census). Total: 28,000.
Region	Chiapas, outside Pacayal near La Mesilla border; Ojo de Agua near Guadalupe.
Language map	Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 146
Comments	2 colonies of Northern Mam Indians from Guatemala. Most are native of either Cuilco or San Ildefonso Ixtahuacan.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Collins, Wesley M. 1986. "The VII Taller Maya, Mérida, Mexico, July 30-August 3, 1984."

Collins, Wesley M. 1989. "Summary report of ‘A dialect survey in the Mam area of Guatemala’."

Godfrey, Thomas J. and Wesley M. Collins, editors. 1987. Una encuesta dialectal en el área mam de Guatemala.

Mayers, Marvin K. 1966. "Linguistic comparisons [between Mayan languages]."

Peck, H. Dudley and Dorothy M. Peck. 1966. "Mam."

Sywulka, Edward and Patricio Ortiz M. 1977. "Alfabeto Mam."

Sywulka, Edward. 1966. "Gramática mam."

Sywulka, Edward. 1966. "Mam grammar."

Vernacular Publications

Cartilla Mam: Koxnak'tzan. 1983.

Historias regionales area Mam. 1983.

Koxnak'tzan (Guia de la cartilla Mam). 1983.

Txkan klaʼj cyuʼn ojtxi xjal 1. 1973.