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Mamean languages

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Mamean
Greater Mamean
Geographic
distribution		 Mesoamerica
Linguistic classification Mayan
  • Core Mayan
    • Eastern–Western Mayan
      • Eastern Mayan
        • Mamean
Subdivisions
  • Mamean proper
  • Ixilan
Language codes
Glottolog grea1277

The (Greater) Mamean family is a branch of the Eastern Mayan language group. [1] Mamean languages include Aguacateco, Ixil, Mam, Tacaneco, and Tektiteco (Teko). [2]

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Languages

Genealogy of Mayan languages. Mayan languages tree en.svg
Genealogy of Mayan languages.

Phonology

Vowels

Vowels system of Mamean languages
Letter Mam
(Todos Santos)		 Tektiteko
(Tectitán)		 Awakatek
(Aguacatán)		 Ixil
(Chajul)
i/ɪ//i//ɪ//ɪ/
ii/iː//iː//iː//iː/
u/ɯ//u//ɯ//ɯ/
uu/u͍ː//yː//ʉː//yː/
e/ɛ//e//e̞//ɛ/
ee/eː//eː//eː//eː/
o/ɤ̞//o//ɤ//ɔ/
oo/o͍ː//øː//ɵː//oː/
a/a//a//ä//a/
aa/ɑ͍ː//aː//ɐː//ɐː/

Consonants

Consonant inventory of the Mamean languages
Letter Mam
(Todos Santos)		 Tektiteko
(Tectitán)		 Awakatek
(Aguacatán)		 Ixil
(Chajul)
p/pʰ~ɸʰ//p̪ʰ//pʰ~ɸʰ//pʰ/
pʼN/AN/A/pʼ/N/A
b/β/N/AN/AN/A
bʼ/ɓ//ɓ//ɓ//ɓ/
m/m//m//m//m/
w/ʋ,ʍ,f//v,ʍ,f//v,w//v,f/
t/tʰ//tʰ//tʰ//tʰ/
tʼ/tʼ,ɗ//tʼ//tʼ,ɗ//tʼ/
n/n~ŋ//n~ŋ//n~ɴ//n~ŋʰ/
s/s,z//s//s//sʰ,z/
tz/tsʰ//tsʰ//tsʰ//tsʰ/
tzʼ/tsʼ//tsʼ//tsʼ//tsʼ/
r/ɾ~r//ɾ//ɾ//ɾ/
l/l,ɹ,ɬ//l,ɬ//l,ɬ//l,ɹ,ɬʰ/
xh/ʃʰ,ɕʰ//ʃʰ//ɕʰ//ɕʰ~ʃʰ/
ch/tʃʰ,tɕʰ//tʃʰ//tɕʰ//tɕʰ/
chʼ/tʃʼ,tɕʼ//tʃʼ//tɕʼ//tɕʼ/
x/ʐ,ʂ//ʂ,ʑ//ʂ,ʐ//ʐ,ʂ/
tx/ʈʂʰ//ʈʂʰ//ʈʂʰ//ʈʂʰ/
txʼ/ʈʂʼ//ʈʂʼ//ʈʂʼ//ʈʂʼ/
y/j//j//j//j~ʝ/
k/kʰ//kʰ//kʰ//kʰ/
kʼ/kʼ//kʼ//kʼ~ɠ//kʼ/
nhN/A/ŋ//ŋ//ŋʰ/
ky/kʲ,kɕʲ//kʲʰ//kʲ//kʰʲ~kç/
kyʼ/kʼʲ~kɕʼ//kʼʲʰ//ɠʲ//kʰʲʼ,kʼʝ/
q/qʰ//qʰ//qʰ//qʰ/
qʼ/ʛ//qʼ,ʛ//ʛ//ɢʼ/
j/χʰ,ʁ//χ//χ//χʰ/
hN/AN/A/ʜ,h/N/A

See Mayan languages#Mamean for details.

References

  1. ↑ England, Nora C. (1983). "Ergativity in Mamean (Mayan) Languages". International Journal of American Linguistics. 49 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1086/465762. ISSN   0020-7071. JSTOR   1265575 . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Quichean-Mamean Mayan Subfamily". mexico.sil.org. SIL Mexico. Retrieved 15 April 2025.


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