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	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The Mam language is a member of the Mamean branch of the Mayan language family.
		There are at least three major divisions in the language: Northern Mam spoken in the department of Huehuetenango, Southern Mam spoken in and around Quetzaltenango and Central Mam spoken in and around San Marcos.
		In the charts below each of the Mam phonemes is represented by the character or set of characters that denote it in the practical orthography developed by the Guatemalan Academy of Mayan Languages (ALMG) and sanctioned by the Guatemalan government.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Mam_language (325 words)

	Mayan languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This language is the language in which the famous Maya mythological document the Popol Wuj was written.
		The Huastec language, spoken in east-central Mexico, is part of the Mayan language family, although it is distant both linguistically and geographically from the rest of the language family.
		Inscriptions in an early Yucatecan language (antecedent to the prevalent surviving Yucatec language) are also known or proposed, particularly from the Yucatan peninsula region and from a later period; three of the four extant Maya codices are based on Yucatec.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maya_language (970 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Language (Mal-Mam) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Mamanwa is a language spoken in the Philippines.
		Mambila is a bantoid language spoken in Nigeria.
		Mambwe-Lungu is a Bantu language spoken in Zambia and Tanzania.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /WMB.HTM (606 words)

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		Language and Education in Latin America: An Overview by S.M. Cummings Stella Tamayo May, 1994 The authors of this paper were summer interns in the Office of the Vice President, Human Resources Development and Operations Policy during 1993.
		Without taking sides in the debate over language policy, it is worth mentioning that some advocate instructing students in their first language because the literacy skills acquired in one language can be transferred to other languages, and developing skills is easiest in the student's mother tongue (Dutcher 1982).
		Due to the variety of languages, their sociolinguistic characteristics have not been sufficiently studied and it is not possible to obtain a complete overview of the different ethnic groups.
	www.worldbank.org /html/extdr/hnp/hddflash/hcwp/hrwp028.html (8363 words)

	THE CHIAPAS TODAY
		The Ch’ol have lived in the Selva and have expanded to the south, the Mam have lived in Fronteriza, Sierra, and Soconusco and have expanded to the Selva, and the Tojolabal have lived in Fronteriza and expanded to the Selva.
		In the Tojolabal region in the 1960s, 30 percent of the population was a "speaker of an indigenous language", in 1970 it diminished to 15 percent and 1990 rose to 20 percent.
		For them, to be Mam does not mean to speak the language or utilize traditional dress, but instead to recuperate a common history and try to relate harmoniously with the mother earth.
	www.travelchiapas.com /about/about-20.php (4691 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Constraint rankings vary across languages, but are fixed within a particular language; thus, one ranking is assumed to hold for all constructions in a language and defines its grammar.
		In the Mam examples in 2 and 3 we saw an asymmetry involving a voice alternation for Subject questions which mirrors the asymmetry in the focusing.
		The argument asymmetry in Mam is again captured in the constraint ranking by interposing constraints between the surface alignment constraints (Table 4).
	www.ling.ohio-state.edu /~raymond/BLS96.doc (4427 words)

	MAM - Education
		MAM invites teachers to schedule free classroom pre-visits by the museum’s gallery teachers to prepare students for a stimulating visit to MAM.
		MAM is one of seven cultural organizations selected to participate in an innovative school-museum partnership in Miami-Dade County.
		MAM is working alongside Southside Elementary and Shenandoah Middle School to develop exciting new ways of integrating curricular needs with artworks and the museum experience.
	www.co.miami-dade.fl.us /mam/education-school.asp (597 words)

	Mayan languages -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The group is sometimes known as the Mayance languages, a coinage that reflects the belief that the current Maya languages bear the same relation to the speech of the classical Maya civilization as the Romance languages have to the speech of the Roman civilisation.
		The second most historically important dialect or language is (additional info and facts about Chol) Chol, formerly widespread, but spoken only in pockets in (additional info and facts about Chiapas) Chiapas and Guatemala today.
		The (additional info and facts about Huastec) Huastec language, spoken in east-central Mexico, is part of the Mayan language family, although it is distant both linguistically and geographically from the rest of the language family.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/mayan_languages.htm (865 words)

	Madness and Modernism Chapter 4 Language of Inwardness
		Given the undecipherable range of schizophrenic uses of language, most language is described according to it’s absence of sense, instead of looks at the nature and sources that feed it.
		Desocialization (of language): failure to monitor one’s speech in accordance with social requirements of conversation: extreme terseness, cryptic words, use of sentences that seem endless.
		Wittgenstein’s famous meditation on the impossibility of what he called a “private language”… where language must be conceived in terms of public categories, shared, observable—language can’t refer tot heprivate or unique experiences of the individual.
	www.clockwatching.net /~spoon/schizophrenia/MAM_4.html (1645 words)

	Mam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		the Mam language, a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala, or the Mam people who speak the language.
		'Mam' is also a term used to refer to mother, or mum, in Wales, the north of England and southern Scotland.
		This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mam (113 words)

	BYU NewsNet - Languages die out, taking history along (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In either case, the globalization of language is changing the cultural makeup of the world and experts say even modern language is being compressed and reduced to mean less.
		Campbell is actively involved in language revitalization because he said he thinks the wisdom of the world is encoded in its languages.
		If Mam is robust it may survive to echo the culture that created it, for if it disappears, although the voice of the people won’t die, part of their past will.
	newsnet.byu.edu /story.cfm/54836 (1157 words)

	Reports Submitted to FAMSI - Eduardo Perez Vail
		The Mam language is a western Mayan language, belonging to the Mamean branch (Kaufman, 1974).
		As demonstrated by its history, it is one of the languages best preserved by its speakers, although it is also the best example of the linguistic diversity that may exist among the Mayan languages.
		B’aayil was a linguist from the Mam community (from Cajolá Quetzaltenango) who worked in OKMA beginning in 1994 and was the author or coauthor of Ttxoolil Qyool Mam: Gramática Mam (1997), Gramática Pedagógica Mam (1999), and Tx’ixpub’ente tiib’ qyool: Variación dialectal en Mam (2000), as well as numerous articles and conference papers.
	www.famsi.org /reports/97019 (1143 words)

	The Ro-mam
		The Ro Mam have a population of about 230 people inhabiting Le village, Mo Rai commune in the Sa Thay district of Kon Tum province.
		The Ro Mam language belongs to the Mon-Khmer Group.
		The village of the Ro Mam is called a de headed by an old chief who enjoys the trust of all the villagers.
	www.angelfire.com /nh/hongnam/theromam.html (410 words)

	Mam Translation Service - English to Mam Translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		You probably don't speak Mam yourself, so there are a few questions you'll need to consider when choosing a translation company.
		Language is a living thing it develops and changes constantly.
		Professional translators whose native language is English and speak fluent Mam perform our Mam to English translation.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/mam_translation.shtml (442 words)

	Mam
		They also have an overview of each language and country information where the language is spoken.
		Their links for a language are organized by categories such as general links and on-line resources for dictionaries, translators, phrasebooks, newspapers, magazines, and lessons.
		They have one of the most extensive collection of foreign language literature and study books (e.g., language courses, phrasebooks, dictionaries) of any bookstore in the United States.
	www.travelscience.com /Framed_Pages/Main_Frame/World_Links/Languages/Mam.htm (301 words)

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		Direct descendents of the Mayans, language, a common linguistic root that has survived the imposition of the Spanish language as the official language.
		The language is the one of the pillars that has allowed our culture to survive- being in particular the means to acquire and transmit the indigenous cosmosvsion.
		In this context, we have had to adopt means to recuperate and protect the indigenous languages and promote the development and the practice of the languages at the same time.
	www.thewitness.org /archive/janfeb2001/ixcot.long.html (3544 words)

	Short-Term Jobs in Latin America
		Caledonia Languages Abroad, The Clock-house, Bonnington Mill, 72 Newhaven Rd., Edinburgh EH6 5QG, Scotland; 011-44-131-621-7721; www.caledonialanguages.co.uk.
		Study of the Spanish language and development issues combined with structured internships in Costa Rica and Nicaragua lasting a semester ($8,500) or a summer ($3,800).
		If language study and homestay form part of the volunteer package, the cost is $1,450 for 4 weeks, $1,750 for 8 weeks and $2,150 for 12 weeks.
	www.transitionsabroad.com /listings/work/shortterm/latinamerica.shtml (1805 words)

	abcdespañol - Javier González Quintero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Special edition adapted to the Mayan Kaqchikel Language with the collaboration of the Ministry of Education of Guatemala, and the General Direction of Bilingual Intercultural Education -DIGEBI-, with the financial support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2001.
		Special edition adapted to the Mayan Mam language with the collaboration of the Ministry of Education of Guatemala, and the General Direction of Bilingual Intercultural Education -DIGEBI-, and the financial support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2001.
		Special edition adapted to the Mayan Kíche´ Language with the collaboration of the Ministry of Education of Guatemala, and the General Direction of Bilingual Intercultural Education -DIGEBI-, and the financial support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2001.
	www.abcdespanol.com /html/road.htm (541 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Mam are modern day Mayan Indians who live in southwestern Guatemala and parts of southern Mexico.
		Traditionally, many Tajumulco Mam produced items such as cloth, pottery, and furniture during seasons in which they were not occupied with their farms.
		Young Tajumulco Mam men generally marry in their late teens, while the women marry a few years earlier—as soon as they have mastered the skills of weaving and tortilla-making.
	www.ksafe.com /profiles/p_code5/153.html (766 words)

	Indigenous Action Network - Sacred Mayan Site in jeopardy of being destroyed, Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		95% of the 35,000 population still speaks its native language, Mam, one of the 23 Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala.
		To be a medium of expression, education, and information for the altiplano population of Guatemala in the indigenous langage of Mam.
		All programs are broadcasted in Mam serving an essential role in terms of local communication, (as there are no local newspapers), advertisements, education, news information, linguistic preservation, and cultural expression.
	www.cs.org /forum/printthread.cfm?Forum=12&Topic=51 (742 words)

	The Rosetta Project: the 1000 language archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Mam, Northern texts are available in the categories below.
		A brief language description provided courtesy of the Summer Institute of Linguistics.
		Send a message to a language specialist or native speaker who might be able to review or contribute materials.
	rosettaproject.org /live/search/detailedlanguagerecord?ethnocode=MAM (100 words)

	ipedia.com: Maya language Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Although the Spanish language (and in Belize the English language) is the official language of the area today, dialects of Maya are still spoken as a primary or secondary language by over 3 million Maya people in the region today.
		The second most historically important dialect or language is Chol, formerly widespread, but spoken only in pockets in Chiapas and Guatemala today.
		In the Highlands of Guatemala are the Quichéan-Mamean Maya languages and dialects, including Quiché proper, Cachiquel, Kekchi, Tzutuhil, Pocomam, and Mam.
	www.ipedia.com /maya_language.html (462 words)

	Todos Santos Cuchumatan
		While nearly everyone is a native speaker of Mam, many people, especially in the municipal center, are also quite fluent in Spanish.
		We offer one-on-one classes of Spanish and Mam, taught 5 hours/day, Monday-Friday, which are supplemented by homestays with local families and extracurricular activities.
		The most comprehensive and authoritative resource on the language is the 1997 publication Ttxoolil Qyool Mam written by B'aayil (Eduardo Pérez) and Ajb'ee (Odilio Jiménez) and published by Cholsamaj.
	www.stetson.edu /~rsitler/TodosSantos (2408 words)

	Montagnard or minority groups●Ro-Mam \| ViêtNam - A very special destination \| WomPom.ca \| ...
		The Ro Mam's matrimonial rites are performed in two steps, the engagement phase and wedding phase.
		Rituals and ceremonies are usually held during the production cycle from the start of the slashing of the field until the land is set on fire, and eventually when the rice is brought to the house.
		The Ro Mam survive mainly from slash-and-burn cultivation, hunting, and gathering.
	www.wompom.ca /vietnam/vnethnic45.htm (261 words)

	MAM - Education - Teachers and Students - School Tours - Docent-Guided
		Enhance French, German or Spanish language study by exploring related art and culture in the Museum's galleries.
		Please specify the foreign language study focus on your tour request form and if you would like part or all of the tour conducted in that language or English.
		Please specify the language study focus on your tour request form and if you would like part or all of the tour conducted in that language or English.
	www.mam.org /education/teachersstudents_school_tours_docent.htm (1603 words)

	The Analytical Language of John Wilkins
		The words of the analytical language created by John Wilkins are not torpid arbitrary symbols; each letter has significance, like those from the Holy Scriptures had for the cabbalists.
		Mauthner observed that children could learn this language without knowing that it was artificial; later, at school, they would discover that it was also a universal key and a secret encyclopedia.
		The analytic language of Wilkins is not the least admirable of such schemes.
	www.crockford.com /wrrrld/wilkins.html (1993 words)

	Peace Corps - Guatemala
		99% of the people are Mayan, and speak their indigenous language of Mam (there are about 26 Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala; Mam is spoken by a large population, but with very varied dialects in different regions).
		Now the government is encouraging Mam-speaking teachers, especially in the lower grades, and some subjects are taught in Mam and some in Spanish.
		This is important because it is overcoming the negative stigma that used to be attatched to speaking an indigenous language and developing pride in Mam.
	www.seattleschools.org /schools/hamilton/International/partners/pc_guat.htm (1550 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		“Language diversity is the equivalent of human diversity…The human race has been so successful on the planet because of its ability to adapt to an enormous range of circumstances.
		It's so important, first to be able to keep our minds busy, as it were, and one of the ways in which we can do this is by seeing how each language captures a vision of the world in a different way.
		It is estimated that, on average, two languages disappear each month.
	web.pdx.edu /~apsims/amlangs.htm (206 words)

	Current Opportunities
		Todos Santos Cuchumatán, a Mayan village of Mam (a Mayan language) speakers in the Cuchumatán Mountains in the
		Language: Mam, the dominant Mayan language of the region, is the first language of most Todosanteros (residents of Todos Santos), though most also speak Spanish.
		Language: Although many indigenous languages are spoken, English is the dominant language of commerce, education, and policymaking in this former British colony.
	www.uwsp.edu /cnr/gem/ambassador/opportunitiesnew.htm (2495 words)

	Mam Bibles
		Mam is one of the languages of Guatemala (Latin America).
		For more information, see SIL Ethnologue research on the Mamean Language Family Tree.
		For more information on the the Northern Mam language, visit the SIL Ethnologue.
	www.ethnicharvest.org /bibles/mam.htm (118 words)

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