Editing Mam language (section)

==Dialects==
Because contact between members of different Mam communities is somewhat limited, the language varies considerably even from village to village. Nevertheless, mutual intelligibility, though difficult, is possible through practice.{{sfn|England|1983}}

Mam varieties within Mexico and Guatemala are divided into five dialect groups:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gramática Pedagógica Mam|last=Pérez Vail|first=Eduardo Gustavo|publisher=Instituto de Lingüística y Educación, Universidad Rafael Landívar|year=2004|location=Guatemala}}</ref>

*'''Northern Mam''' in [[Campeche]], Mexico and southern [[Huehuetenango Department]], Guatemala.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catálogo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales: Mam del norte |url=https://www.inali.gob.mx/clin-inali/html/v_mam.html#2}}</ref> Northern Mam is the least conservative group according to [[Terrence Kaufman]].{{sfn|England|1983}}
*'''Southern Mam''' in southern [[Campeche]], Mexico and [[Quetzaltenango Department]], [[San Marcos Department]], and [[Retalhuleu Department]], Guatemala.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catálogo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales: Mam del sur |url=https://www.inali.gob.mx/clin-inali/html/v_mam.html#3}}</ref>
*'''Central Mam''' in [[Chiapas]], Mexico and [[San Marcos Department]], Guatemala.
*'''Western Mam''' in eastern [[Chiapas]], Mexico and northwestern [[San Marcos Department]], Guatemala.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catálogo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales: Mam de la frontera |url=https://www.inali.gob.mx/clin-inali/html/v_mam.html#1}}</ref> The [[Tektitek language]] may be mutually intelligible with Western Mam dialects.
*'''Soconusco Mam''' in the [[Soconusco]] region, [[Chiapas]], [[Mexico]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catálogo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales: Mam del Soconusco |url=https://www.inali.gob.mx/clin-inali/html/v_mam.html#5}}</ref>

In addition to these, the dialects of [[Chiapas|Chiapas, Mexico]] are characterized by significant grammatical as well as lexical differences from the Guatemalan varieties.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Gramática Didáctica Mam: Segundo Ciclo|last=Ramos Ortíz|first=Nicacio |first2=Juan Rolando |last2=Morales de León |first3=Juan |last3=Rodriguez Pérez|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas|year=2013|location=Mexico}}</ref>