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Mam, Todos Santos Cuchumatán

A language of Guatemala

ISO 639-3: mvj
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	50,000 in Guatemala (1998 SIL). Population total all countries: 60,000.
Region	Huehuetenango Department, town of Todos Santos Cuchumatán. Also in Mexico.
Language map	Guatemala, reference number 44
Alternate names	Mam, Todos Santos
Classification	Mayan, Quichean-Mamean, Greater Mamean, Mamean
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–21%. NT: 1997.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO.

Also spoken in:

Mexico

Language name	Mam, Todos Santos
Population	10,000 in Mexico (1991 SIL).
Region	Chiapas, Cacahuatán and Tapachula.
Language map	Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 147
Alternate names	Mam de Todos Santos Cuchumatán

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

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.

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

Vernacular Publications

El alfabeto mam de Todos Santos. 1980.

Ko xnakʼtzal castiya. 1987.

Ko xnaktzan uʼj tuj kyol. 1997.

Pre-lectura: Mam de Todos Santos. 1988.

Ti tten cychonkʼlál xjal te Todos Santos. 1987.

Ti tten tuʼn miʼn tzʼoc yaabil kiʼj. 1988.

Ti tten tuʼn ttxjet twitz ké. 1990.

Tpocbál beto tuya jun tcarnél k'ek. 1989.

Tpocbál lipa. 1989.