The Mam are an indigenous Maya 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.

Mam is a Mayan language spoken by about half a million Mam people in the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu, and the Mexican states of Campeche and Chiapas.

The Maya Mam people (from Comitancillo, San Marcos, lives mainly in the western of Guatemala and southeast of Mexico. It has built a way of living, in which men and women are part of mother earth, establish harmonious relations with the Creator and Trainer or Heart of Heaven and Earth.

Nov 26, 2012 · Some of the most pressing limitations faced by Indigenous people worldwide, including those in Guatemala, are linked to the protection and ownership of their lands, which are frequently and increasingly being usurped for purposes of mining, development, or other environmental exploitation.

Feb 3, 2025 · This blog explores the Mam language, why the Mam people are migrating, and the support interpreters can provide them as they settle in the United States.

Jun 11, 2018 · The Mam are contemporary Maya Indians who speak the Mam language, which is, after K'iche' (Quich é), the secondmost widely spoken of the twenty-one Maya languages currently spoken in Guatemala. Not since the Spanish Conquest, and perhaps never, have the Mam constituted a unified polity or society.

Apr 7, 2025 · Descended from ancient Mayan peoples, Mam Maya remain one of Guatemala's many Indigenous people groups. Since the Spanish Conquest, Mam Maya have endured a great number of political, social and economic pressures. Today, more than 600,000 Mam people continue to live in Guatemala's western highlands.

The first Mam people settled in communities established around the base of the volcanoes, in the far south of the valley (today the neighborhoods Transfiguración and San Bartolomé in Zona 1 and part of Zona 4) and considered the volcano Lajuj Noj (today known as Cerro Quemado, Quetzaltenango, or Crespo) as the protector or guardian of the ...

The Mam are an indigenous Maya people in the western highlands of Guatemala and in south-western Mexico who speak the Mam language.

The Mam are an indigenous 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.