title: A Grammar of Mam, A Mayan Language (Texas Linguistics)
author: Nora C. England
description: "A splendid treatment of Mam . . . with many implications for comparative Mayan linguistics and general linguistic theory. The lucid and highly readable grammatical presentation makes the work of value to anthropologists and interested laymen, as well as linguists." (Victoria R. Bricker)
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  A GRAMMAR
  
  
  and
  
  
  ANTHOLOGY
  
  
  
  
  
  of the
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  YUCATECAN MAYAN LANGUAGE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  by
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  David & Alejandra Bolles
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  revised edition
  
  
  
  
  
  2010
  
  
  
  
  
  Milford, CT
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In Loving Memory of
  
  
  
  
  
  Alejandra Kim Bolles
  
  
  
  
  
  February 26, 1938 – September 22, 2011
  
  
  
  
  
  A Great Teacher of the Mayan Language,
  
  
  Culture, and Way of Life.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  
  
  Foreword
  
  
  The Purpose of this Grammar
  
  
  1
  
  
  Other Grammars
  
  
  1
  
  
  A Word on Pronouns
  
  
  2
  
  
  The Number of Mayan Speakers Today
  
  
  3
  
  
  A Note on Orthography
  
  
  3
  
  
  The Alphabet
  
  
  1\. Vowels
  
  
  5
  
  
  2\. Vowel Length and Tone
  
  
  6
  
  
  3\. Orthographic Representations
  
  
  7
  
  
  4 - 5. Consonants
  
  
  10
  
  
  6 - 7. Accent and Tone
  
  
  15
  
  
  Contractions and Complex Words
  
  
  8\. Contractions
  
  
  16
  
  
  9\. Complex Words
  
  
  18
  
  
  The Noun
  
  
  10\. The Demonstrative Particle **le**
  
  
  19
  
  
  11\. Plural
  
  
  19
  
  
  12\. Cases of Nouns
  
  
  20
  
  
  13\. Geniti