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Mam, Central

A language of Guatemala

ISO 639-3: mvc
This ISO 639-3 code has been retired after the publication of Ethnologue, 16th edition. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population	100,000 (1992 SIL).
Region	San Marcos Department (10 towns).
Language map	Guatemala, reference number 6
Alternate names	Comitancillo Mam, Mam Marquense, Mam Occidental, San Marcos Comitancillas Mam, Western Mam
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 77% between Tajumulco Mam [mpf] and the Comitancillo dialect.
Classification	Mayan, Quichean-Mamean, Greater Mamean, Mamean
Language use	All ages.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–32% Spanish. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1998.
Writing system	Latin script.

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. 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. 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. 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.

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

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

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

VanWagner, Lynette S. 1992. Predicting the acceptance of standardized vernacular languages: The case of Tajmulco 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.

Icytzin ktanmenjo. 1983.

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

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

Ko uʼjen kcyakilx. 1981.

Ko uʼjen kcyakilx. 1981.

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

Koʼchaʼon chist tu kyol. 1985.

Tnejel wuja te xnakʼtzbil. [1981].