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Mamean
Greater Mamean
Geographic distribution	Mesoamerica
Linguistic classification	Mayan Eastern (Quichean–Mamean) Mamean
Subdivisions	Mamean proper Ixilan
Language codes
Glottolog	`grea1277`

The (Greater) Mamean family is a branch of the Eastern Mayan language group.

Languages

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/

Consonant inventory of the Mamean languages
Letter	Mam (Todos Santos)	Tektiteko (Tectitán)	Awakatek (Aguacatán)	Ixil (Chajul)
p	/pʰ~ɸʰ/	/p̪ʰ/	/pʰ~ɸʰ/	/pʰ/
pʼ	N/A	N/A	/pʼ/	N/A
b	/β/	N/A	N/A	N/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/
nh	N/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/
h	N/A	N/A	/ʜ, h/	N/A

Mopan–Itza	Itzaʼ Mopan
Yucatec–Lacandon	Lacandon Yucatec Maya

Western

Chʼol	Chontal Chʼol Chʼoltiʼ Chʼortiʼ
Tzeltalan	Tzeltal Tzotzil

Eastern

Ixilean	Awakatek Ixil
Mamean proper	Mam Tektitek

Quichean proper	Achi Kʼicheʼ Kaqchikel Tzʼutujil
Poqom	Poqomam Poqomchiʼ
others	Qʼeqchi Sakapultek Sipakapense Uspantek

History

Italics indicate extinct languages

Official language

Indigenous
languages

Mamean	Awaketek Ixil Mam Tektitek Chalchiteco
Qʼanjobalan	Akatek Chuj Jakaltek Qʼanjobʼal
Quichean	Achi Kʼicheʼ Kaqchikel Poqomam Poqomchiʼ Qʼeqchiʼ Sakapultek Sipakapense Tzʼutujil Uspantek
Yucatecan	Itzaʼ Mopan
Other	Chʼorti Garifuna Xinca Chinese Japanese Korean Plautdietsch Lebanese Italian French Romani

Sign languages