Mam language
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Mam language is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Mam people in the highland regions of Guatemala and parts of southern Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mam language canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3801253 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mam language Context triple: [Guatemala Highlands, hasLanguage, Mam language]
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A.
Mamulique language
The Mamulique language is an extinct and poorly documented indigenous language once spoken in northeastern Mexico, generally classified within the Coahuiltecan group.
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B.
Mambae language
The Mambae language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor, notable for its role in local identity and traditional culture.
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C.
Mamfe languages
The Mamfe languages are a small group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in the Mamfe region of southwestern Cameroon.
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D.
Mampruli language
Mampruli is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Mamprusi people in northern Ghana and parts of neighboring West African countries.
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E.
Mon language
Mon language is an Austroasiatic language historically spoken in parts of Myanmar and Thailand, notable for its ancient literary tradition and influence on regional scripts and cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mam language Target entity description: Mam language is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Mam people in the highland regions of Guatemala and parts of southern Mexico.
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A.
Mamulique language
The Mamulique language is an extinct and poorly documented indigenous language once spoken in northeastern Mexico, generally classified within the Coahuiltecan group.
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B.
Mambae language
The Mambae language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor, notable for its role in local identity and traditional culture.
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C.
Mamfe languages
The Mamfe languages are a small group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in the Mamfe region of southwestern Cameroon.
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D.
Mampruli language
Mampruli is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Mamprusi people in northern Ghana and parts of neighboring West African countries.
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E.
Mon language
Mon language is an Austroasiatic language historically spoken in parts of Myanmar and Thailand, notable for its ancient literary tradition and influence on regional scripts and cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicity | Mam Maya ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| branch |
Greater Qʼanjobʼalan branch
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Qʼanjobʼalan
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Awakatek language
ⓘ
Ixil language ⓘ Tektiteko language ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Guatemala
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ |
| endonym | Qyol Mam ⓘ |
| family |
Mayan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Mayan languages
|
| glottocode | mamm1241 ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Central Mam
ⓘ
Northern Mam ⓘ Southern Mam ⓘ Tacaná Mam ⓘ
linked to:
Tacaná
|
| hasEthnologueEntry | Mam ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex aspect and status markers
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasGrammarType | ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasOfficialRecognition | recognized indigenous language in Guatemala ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone in some dialects
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | mam ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan ⓘ |
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| macrofamily | Mayan languages of Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| region |
Chiapas
ⓘ
Guatemalan highlands ⓘ
linked to:
Guatemala Highlands
Huehuetenango Department ⓘ Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ San Marcos Department ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Mam people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guatemala
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ |
| subfamily | Western Mayan ⓘ |
| usedIn |
bilingual education programs in Guatemala
ⓘ
community and ceremonial contexts among Mam people ⓘ local radio broadcasting ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mam language Description of subject: Mam language is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Mam people in the highland regions of Guatemala and parts of southern Mexico.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Qyol Mam (in some communities)
subject linked to:
Qyol Mam (in some communities)
subject linked to:
western Guatemala
subject linked to:
department of San Marcos, Guatemala