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    • Collection identifier: 2020-15
    • Primary contributors: Silvia Lucrecia Carrillo Godínez (consultant); Henry Sales (consultant, translator); Tessa Scott (researcher, donor)
    • Additional contributors: Geovany Aguilar García (consultant); Onísimo Basbaldo Aguilar Láinez (consultant); Ovilia Marina Chilel Ramírez (consultant); Nelly Idalia Nikte Maldonado Sales (consultant); Rebeca Martín Domingo (consultant); Jeidy Mayari Mendes Sales (consultant)
    • Languages: San Antonio Ixchiguán Mam; San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán Mam; San Juan Atitán Mam; San Rafael Petzal Mam; San Sebastián Huehuetenango Mam
    • Dates: 2020-
    • Historical information: Mam is a member of the Mamean branch of the Mayan language family, and it is spoken throughout western Guatemala, parts of Mexico, and in diaspora communities across North America. The varieties documented in this collection all belong to the Northern dialect region. Recordings were held over Zoom, and in San Juan Atitán, Guatemala. This fieldwork was conducted by Tessa Scott as part of her research as a graduate student in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, with support from an Oswalt Endangered Language Grant.
    • Scope and content: Audio recordings of lexical and grammatical elicitation, subtitled video recordings of narrative texts, typed field notes, PDF scans of original field notes. The collection consists of materials on multiple varieties of Mam, including Mam spoken in the following towns in Guatemala: San Juan Atitán, San Antonio Ixchiguán, San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán, San Juan Atitán, San Rafael Petzal, and San Sebastián Huehuetenango. Most of the materials focus on San Juan Atitán Mam.
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Silvia Lucrecia Carrillo Godínez, Henry Sales, and Tessa Scott. Documentary Materials on Mam, 2020-15, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X20G3J4X.

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    • Item identifier: 2020-15.001
    • Date: 09 Sep 2020
    • Contributors: Onísimo Basbaldo Aguilar Láinez (consultant); Tessa Scott (researcher); Henry Sales (translator)
    • Language: San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán Mam
    • Description: This is a one hour remote video interview held using Zoom. Henry Sales, a Mam speaker from San Juan Atitán, provides translation between English and Mam using Mam and Spanish. For the majority of the interview, Tessa asks consultant questions about language background and upbringing, and explains the idea of an archive and the methods for future interviews. Near minute 48:30 is a brief elicitation on nominal possession of "ja" - "house". In this file bundle: 1 Zoom video/audio recording and 1 Zoom chat file and 1 .csv file with language background information.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Documentary Materials on Mam
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Consultant background and elicitation on nominal possession, 2020-15.001, in "Documentary Materials on Mam", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2H41QFG.
    • Item identifier: 2020-15.023
    • Date: 11 Nov 2020
    • Contributors: Onísimo Basbaldo Aguilar Láinez (consultant); Tessa Scott (researcher); Henry Sales (translator)
    • Language: San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán Mam
    • Description: This is a remote video interview held using Zoom. Henry Sales, a Mam speaker from San Juan Atitán, provides translation between English and Mam using Mam and Spanish.
      The elicitation focuses on "when" clauses and clauses embedded by "want" which show an extended use of ergative verbal inflection.
      In this file bundle: 1 pdf of typed notes.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Documentary Materials on Mam
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Elicitation on "when" clauses and clauses embedded by "want", 2020-15.023, in "Documentary Materials on Mam", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2NP23F5.
    • Item identifier: 2020-15.010
    • Date: 30 Sep 2020
    • Contributors: Onísimo Basbaldo Aguilar Láinez (consultant); Tessa Scott (researcher); Henry Sales (translator)
    • Language: San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán Mam
    • Description: This is a remote video interview held using Zoom. Henry Sales, a Mam speaker from San Juan Atitán, provides translation between English and Mam using Mam and Spanish.
      The elicitation focuses on nominal possession of several nouns.
      In this file bundle: 2 Zoom video/audio recordings, 1 pdf of typed notes.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Documentary Materials on Mam
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Elicitation on nominal possession, 2020-15.010, in "Documentary Materials on Mam", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2BC3XMT.
    • Item identifier: 2020-15.006
    • Date: 23 Sep 2020
    • Contributors: Onísimo Basbaldo Aguilar Láinez (consultant); Tessa Scott (researcher); Henry Sales (translator)
    • Language: San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán Mam
    • Description: This is a remote video interview held using Zoom. Henry Sales, a Mam speaker from San Juan Atitán, provides translation between English and Mam using Mam and Spanish.
      The elicitation focuses on nominal possession of several nouns, followed by a present imperfective conjugation of the verb 'to walk'.
      In this file bundle: 1 Zoom video/audio recording, 1 Zoom chat file, 1 pdf of typed notes.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Documentary Materials on Mam
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Elicitation on nominal possession , 2020-15.006, in "Documentary Materials on Mam", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2VD6XHM.
    • Item identifier: 2020-15.019
    • Date: 04 Nov 2020
    • Contributors: Onísimo Basbaldo Aguilar Láinez (consultant); Tessa Scott (researcher); Henry Sales (translator)
    • Language: San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán Mam
    • Description: This is a remote video interview held using Zoom. Henry Sales, a Mam speaker from San Juan Atitán, provides translation between English and Mam using Mam and Spanish.
      The elicitation focuses on agreement paradigms of the verbs il and ken both meaning "to see", and also includes some "when" clauses.
      In this file bundle: 1 pdf of typed notes.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Documentary Materials on Mam
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Elicitation on transitive verb agreement paradigms, 2020-15.019, in "Documentary Materials on Mam", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X25Q4V40.
    • Item identifier: 2020-15.013
    • Date: 08 Oct 2020
    • Contributors: Onísimo Basbaldo Aguilar Láinez (consultant); Tessa Scott (researcher); Henry Sales (translator)
    • Language: San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán Mam
    • Description: This is a remote video interview held using Zoom. Henry Sales, a Mam speaker from San Juan Atitán, provides translation between English and Mam using Mam and Spanish.
      The elicitation focuses on verbal agreement paradigms of the intransitive verb "work" as well as the verb "see" with different subject and object combinations.
      In this file bundle: 1 Zoom video/audio recording, 1 pdf of typed notes.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Documentary Materials on Mam
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Elicitation on verbal agreement paradigms, 2020-15.013, in "Documentary Materials on Mam", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2Z60N4Z.
    • Item identifier: 2020-15.016
    • Date: 15 Oct 2020
    • Contributors: Onísimo Basbaldo Aguilar Láinez (consultant); Tessa Scott (researcher); Henry Sales (translator)
    • Language: San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán Mam
    • Description: This is a remote video interview held using Zoom. Henry Sales, a Mam speaker from San Juan Atitán, provides translation between English and Mam using Mam and Spanish.
      The elicitation focuses on agreement paradigm of il "to see" with singular subjects and various objects.
      In this file bundle: 1 pdf of typed notes.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Documentary Materials on Mam
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Elicitation on verbal agreement paradigms, 2020-15.016, in "Documentary Materials on Mam", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2JW8CX5.