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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.

Also spoken in:

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

Bendor-Samuel, John T. 1968. Review of: Languages of Guatemala, Marvin K. Mayers, editor.

Collins, Nancy. Created: 1981. Affirmatives and negatives.

Collins, Wesley M. 1984. "Comitancillo primer project: User involvement is the key."

Collins, Wesley M. 1985. "Algunos apuntes sobre tipos de contacto lingüístico en el area mam."

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

Collins, Wesley M. 1988. "Un resumen sobre Una encuesta dialectal en el área mam de Guatemala."

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

Collins, Wesley M. 1989. Review of: Introducción a la lingüística: Idiomas mayas, by Nora England.

Collins, Wesley M. 1994. "Maya-Mam."

Collins, Wesley M. 2005. Centeredness as a cultural and grammatical theme in Maya-Mam.

Feliciano P., J. Eberardo and Wesley M. Collins. 1991. "Un bosquejo de la negación en maya-mam."

Godfrey, Thomas J. 1981. Grammatical categories for spatial reference in the Western Mam dialect of Tacaná.

Godfrey, Thomas J. and Benjamín Ortiz M. 1980. "Mam texts from Tacaná."

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

López G., Filiberto and Wesley M. Collins, compilers. 1991. Uʼj te pujbʼil yol, noq te ipbʼil (Diccionario de verbos mames).

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

Mayers, Marvin K., editor. 1966. Languages of Guatemala.

Mayers, Marvin K., editor. 1966. Lenguas de Guatemala.

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

Reimer, Richard. 1987. "La toma de decisiones entre el grupo mam de Todos Santos, Huehuetenango."

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

Sywulka, Edward. 1966. "Gramática mam."

Sywulka, Edward. 1966. "Mam grammar."

VanWagner, Kevin A. 1993. Facilitator language program planning (FLAPP): Applying strategic planning and management models to vernacular language program planning in Tajumulco, a Mayan community in Guatemala.

VanWagner, Lynette S. 1992. Predicting the acceptance of standardized vernacular languages: The case of Tajumulco Mam, a Mayan language of Guatemala.

Vernacular Publications

¿Tikuʼnil n-el cyʼilcʼuʼj kiʼj? ¿Tiʼaku tzicyʼx kiʼj tuʼn? ex ¿Tzeʼn tten tuʼn tkʼanit? (Causas de la diarrea: Peligros y tratamientos). 1998.

Cartilla Mam: Koxnak'tzan. 1983.

El alfabeto mam de Todos Santos. 1980.

Historias regionales area Mam. 1983.

Icytzin ktanmenjo. 1983.

Ilaʼ tnej yol te kximbʼitz; Ilaʼ tneej yool te qxiimbʼitz. 1990.

Jkalt ẍik. 2002.

Ko u'jen kcyakilx (Leamos todos). 1983.

Ko uʼjen kcyakilx. 1981.

Ko uʼjen kcyakilx. 1981.

Ko u'jin kcyakilx (Leamos todos). 1995.

Ko xnakʼtzal castiya. 1987.

Ko xnaktzan uʼj tuj kyol. 1997.

Koʼchaʼon chist tu kyol. 1985.

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

Naq kye k'wal: jun u'j te saqchaj tz'ib'a ta qyol. 2004.

Pre-lectura: Mam de Todos Santos. 1988.

Qo u'ja junja t-xina ti' qtx'otx': jun u'j tu'n tb'ant qu'ja exqa tu'n tb'ant qtz'ib'a ta qyol te Tajumulco ex te ixchiguán. 2006.

Qo uʼja qkyaqil: jun uʼj tuʼn tbʼant quʼja exqa tuʼn tbʼant qtzʼibʼa ta qyol te Tajamulco ex te Ixchiguan. Tkabʼa uʼj tiʼj aw oxa uʼj. 2000.

Qo u'ja Qkyaqil: jun u'j tu'n tb'ant qu'ja exqa tu'n tb'ant qtz'i'b'a ta qyol te Tajumulco ex te Ixchiguán. Tkab'a u'j ti'j oxa u'j (Leamos todos cartilla Mam; tomo dos de tres tomos). 2004.

Qo uʼja qkyaqil: jun uʼj tuʼn tbʼant quʼja exqa tuʼn tbʼant qtzʼibʼa ta qyol te Tajumulco ex te Ixchiguan. Tnejal uʼj tiʼj aw oxa uʼj. 2000.

Qo u'ja qkyaqil: jun u'j tu'n tb'ant qu'ja exqa tu'n tb'ant qtz'ib'a ta qyol te Tajumulco ex te Ixchiguán. Tnejal u'j ti'j oxa u'j (Leamos todos); Tomo uno de tres tomos. 2005.

Qo u'ja qkyaqil: jun u'j tu'n tb'ant qu'ja exqa tu'n tb'ant qtz'ib'a ta qyol te Tajumulco ex te Ixchiguán. Toxa u'j ti'j oxa u'j (Leamos todos cartilla Mam; tomo tres de tres tomos). 2004.

Ti tten cychonkʼlál xjal te Todos Santos. 1987.

Ti tten tuʼn miʼn tzʼoc yaabil kiʼj. 1988.

Ti tten tuʼn ttxjet twitz ké. 1990.

Tnejel wuja te xnakʼtzbil. [1981].

Tpocbál beto tuya jun tcarnél k'ek. 1989.

Tpocbál lipa. 1989.

Txkan klaʼj cyuʼn ojtxi xjal 1. 1973.