Mam_language Mam_language

Mam language - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquian, Algonquin, Amharic, Anatolian, Andaman, Apache, Arabic, Aramaic, Araucanian, Arawak, Arawakan, Armenian, Aryan, Assamese

The Mam are a Native American people of the highlands of western Guatemala.

In Pre-Columbian times the Mam were part of the Maya civilization, and their native language, still spoken as a first language by many, is in the Maya language family.

The Pre-Columbian Mam capital was Zaculeu. Many Mam live in and around the nearby modern city of Huehuetenango. The city of Quetzaltenango was originally Mam. Many more Mam live in small hamlets in the mountains, keeping many of their native traditions.

The Mam are not to be confused with the UK-based Movement Against the Monarchy, which is often abbreviated MAM.

Example Usage of language
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Dannberry: Avatar has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking. WTF?!
hoverfish: Good help is hard to find these days. Apparently so are people with a decent grasp of the language commonly spoken around here, English.
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