Also Known As:
Qyo:l
Dialects & Varieties
- Central Mam (Comitancillo
- San Marcos
- Western Mam)
- Southern Mam (Quetzaltenango Mam
- San Juan Ostuncalco Mam)
- Tacaneco (Tacaná Mam
- Tiló)
- Tajumulco Mam
- Todos Santos.
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
At risk
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
201,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Mexico; Guatemala;
Location Description
Western Huehuetenango Department, San Sebastián and other towns; San Marcos Department, 17 towns; Quetzaltenango Department, 9 towns; Retalhuleu Department, 1 town; Western Ostuncalco area, San Juan Ostuncalco, San Martín Sacatepéquez, and other towns; San Marcos Department, Tajumulco and Ixchiguán; western San Marcos Department, rural areas west of Tacaná, western Guatemala border, and in Sibinal and Tectitán. Dialects in San Miguel Ixtahuacán (18,000) and Concepción Tutapa (30,000).
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
Mam Maya (ISO 639-3: mvc)
The Mam data presented in this archive were originally collected as part