Mam people
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 640,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Guatemala |
617,171[1] |
 Mexico |
23,632[2] |
| Languages | |
| Mam, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Catholic, Evangelical, Maya religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ixil, Tektitek | |
The Mam are a Native American people in the western highlands of Guatemala and in south-western Mexico who speak the Mam language.
Most Mam (617,171) live in Guatemala, in the departments of Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Quetzaltenango.[3][4] The Mam people in Mexico (23,632) live principally in the soconusco region of Chiapas.[2]
In Pre-Columbian times the Mam were part of the Maya civilization; the Pre-Columbian capital of the Mam kingdom was Zaculeu.
Many Mam live in and around the nearby modern city of Huehuetenango. The city of Quetzaltenango or Xela was originally Mam. Many more Mam live in small hamlets in the mountains of Northern Guatemala, keeping many of their native traditions. Many Mam are bilingual and speak both Spanish as well as the Mam language, part of the Maya language family, - the latter typically as their first language.
See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Note that the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) mentions a different number [1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CDI) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
- ↑ Ethnologue report for Guatemala
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| Guatemalan mestizo | |
| Descendants of Europeans (whites or Criollos) | |
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| Descendants of African slaves | |
| Americas | |
| More than 100,000 people | |
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| 20,000–100,000 people | |
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