Qyol Mam (in some communities)

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Qyol Mam is a name used in some communities for the Mam language, a Mayan language spoken primarily in the highlands of Guatemala and parts of Mexico.

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Label Occurrences
Qyol Mam (in some communities) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language name
alternativeNameOf Mam
associatedEthnicity Mam people
belongsTo Mayan language family
linked to: Mayan languages
continent North America
country Guatemala
Mexico
hasGlottocode mamm1241
hasISO6393Code mam
hasSpeakersIn Chiapas, Mexico
linked to: Chiapas
isEndonymFor Mam language
languageBranch Mamean
languageFamily Mayan languages
languageStatus indigenous language
minority language
macroArea Mesoamerica
partOfLanguageFamily Greater Qʼanjobʼalan–Mamean
refersTo Mam language
region Huehuetenango Department NERFINISHED
Quetzaltenango Department NERFINISHED
San Marcos Department NERFINISHED
Western Guatemala
linked to: western Guatemala
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenIn Guatemala
Mexico
spokenPrimarilyIn Guatemalan highlands
parts of southern Mexico
usedFor local education in some communities
oral communication
traditional narratives
usedIn some Mam-speaking communities
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mam endonym Qyol Mam (in some communities)