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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: 2020-15.044
- Date: 10 Jun 2022
- Contributors: Geovany Aguilar García (consultant); Tessa Scott (researcher)
- Language: San Juan Atitán Mam
- Place: San Juan Atitán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
- Description: In this recording, Geovany explains how and why fields are cleared of brush and weeds in order to prepare for planting a new crop. Then, he clears out a section of the land, and further explains the process.
In this file bundle: 1 video/audio recording (subtitled in Mam, English, and Spanish), 1 video/audio recorded without subtitles, 1 pdf with the text typed in Mam, English, and Spanish, 1 pdf with the text glossed and translated to English. - Relations to this item: 2020-15.061 references this Item
- Availability: Online access
- Collection: Documentary Materials on Mam
- Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Suggested citation: Text: Qa'wal (Our crop), 2020-15.044, 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/X2Z0375H.