Mam language

Mam is a Mayan language spoken by about half a million Mam people in the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu, and the Mexican states of Campeche and Chiapas. Thousands more make up a Mam diaspora throughout the United States and Mexico, with notable populations living in Oakland, California and Washington, D.C. The most extensive Mam grammar is Nora C. England's A grammar of Mam, a Mayan language (1983), which is based on the San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán dialect of Huehuetenango Department.

Mam
Qyool Mam, Ta yol Mam
Native toGuatemala, Mexico
RegionChiapas and Campeche, Mexico
Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu, Guatemala;
EthnicityMam
Native speakers
600,000 in Guatemala (2019 census)
10,000 in Mexico (2020 census)
Mayan
Dialects
  • Northern Mam
  • Central Mam
  • Soconusco Mam
  • Western Mam
  • Southern Mam
Latin
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated byInstituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
Comunidad Lingüística Mam (COLIMAM)
Language codes
ISO 639-3mam
Glottologmamm1241
ELPMam
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