A handful of adults at an Oakland community college practiced how to say “good afternoon” in Mam, a Mayan language spoken in the western highlands of Guatemala. After teacher Henry Sales, a native Mam ...

A handful of adults at an Oakland community college practiced how to say “good afternoon” in Mam, a Mayan language spoken in the western highlands of Guatemala. After teacher Henry Sales, a native Mam ...

Rising Voices (RV): How do you like to introduce yourself? Saqb'ech Pérez (SP): Soy Saqb’ech Pérez y soy maya mam de K’ojla’ (Cajolá, en español), en Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Soy Licenciada en ...

A page of a historic Mayan manuscript, which depicts the Mayan calendar (Credit: Getty Images) Immigrants from Mexico and Central America are taking their ancient languages to new territories. Three ...

Radio B'alam is a streaming audio program reaching thousands of Mayan Guatemalans in the Bay Area who speak a language called Mam. The name of the show translates to Radio Jaguar, a historical ...

Within the Bay Area's Hispanic community is a group of indigenous Maya people from Guatemala and Mexico whose first language is not Spanish, but a native language called Mam. It is fundamentally ...

UMATILLA — In the Umatilla County courthouse, the question, "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?" may be answered in a number of different languages. Across ...

UMATILLA, Ore. — In the Umatilla County courthouse, the question, “Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?” may be answered in a number of different languages.