Editing Mam language (section)

===Nouns===
The Mam language displays [[inalienable possession]]. Certain Mam nouns cannot be possessed, such as ''kya'j'' 'sky' and ''che'w'' 'star'.{{sfn|England|1983|p=69}} On the other hand, some Mam nouns are always possessed, such as ''t-lokʼ'' 'its root' and ''t-bʼaqʼ'' 'its seed'.

Noun phrase structure can be summarized into the following template.{{sfn|England|1983|p=140}}

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|-
| '''Demonstrative'''
| '''Number'''
| '''Measure'''
| '''Plural'''
| '''Possessive affixes'''
| '''NOUN <br/>ROOT'''
| '''Possessor'''
| '''Adjective'''
| '''Relative clause'''
|}

The plural clitic is ''qa''.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

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'''Noun affixes'''
*aj- 'agent'
*aj- 'native'
*-l 'agentive'
*-eenj 'patient'
*-bʼil 'instrumental'
*-bʼeen 'resultant locative'
*-bʼan 'reminder'
*-al 'abstract noun'
*-abʼiil 'abstract noun'
*-leen 'abstract noun'
*-le'n 'abstract noun'
*-an 'ordinal'
*-bʼji'bʼil 'nominalizer'
*-bʼal 'nominalizer'
*-bʼatz 'nominalizer'
*-l 'nominalizer'
*-tl 'nominalizer'
*-tz 'nominalizer'

'''Relational noun affixes'''
*-u'n 'agent, instrument, causative'
*-ee 'dative, possessive, patient, benefactive'
*-i'j 'patient, thematic'
*-uukʼal 'instrument, comitative'
*-iibʼaj 'reflexive'

'''Locative affixes'''
*-bʼutxʼ 'at the corner'
*-i'jla 'around'
*-iibʼaj 'over'
*-jaqʼ 'under'
*-txa'n 'at the edge of'
*-txlaj 'beside'
*-tzii' 'at the entrance of'
*-uj 'in'
*-witz 'on top of'
*-wi' 'on, at the tip of'

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'''Classifiers'''
*jal 'non-human'
*nu'xh 'baby'
*xhlaaqʼ 'child'
*bʼixh 'person of the same status (intimate)'
*qʼa 'young man'
*txin 'young woman'
*ma 'man'
*xu'j 'woman'
*swe'j 'old man'
*xhyaa' 'old woman'
*xnuq 'old man (respectful)'
*xuj 'old man (respectful)'

'''Measure words'''

Measure words quantify [[mass noun]]s.

*baas 'glassful' (< Spanish ''vaso'')
*ma'l 'shot of liquor'
*laq 'plateful'
*pixh 'piece'
*txut 'drop'
*ba'uj 'a lot'
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