Mam language
| Mam | |
|---|---|
| Qyool Mam, Ta yol Mam | |
| Native to | Guatemala, Mexico |
| Region | Chiapas and Campeche, Mexico Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu, Guatemala; |
| Ethnicity | Mam |
Native speakers | 600,000 in Guatemala (2019 census) 10,000 in Mexico (2020 census) |
Mayan
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| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Regulated by | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas Comunidad Lingüística Mam (COLIMAM) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mam |
| Glottolog | mamm1241 |
| ELP | Mam |
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.