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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Guatemala > Mam, Todos Santos Cuchumatán

Mam, Todos Santos Cuchumatán

A language of Guatemala

ISO 639-3mvj
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