In Guatemala people speak many different languages. Where I live we speak the Mayan language called Mam. Everyone in my village speaks Mam and some people speak Spanish. We learn to speak Spanish in school, and that's my favorite class. I don't speak or write English--very few people in my town know English.
My blog has been translated into English so kids in many countries can learn what it's like to live in Guatemala!
I thought you might be interested in how Mam sounds. Here is a video of me counting from one to ten in Mam. Hope you like it!
Here are the numbers.
One: jun
Two: ka b'a
Three: oxa
Four: chaja
Five: jwe
Six: qaq
Seven: wuq
Eight: wajxaq
Nine: b' eljaj
Ten: laj
My blog has been translated into English so kids in many countries can learn what it's like to live in Guatemala!
I thought you might be interested in how Mam sounds. Here is a video of me counting from one to ten in Mam. Hope you like it!
Here are the numbers.
One: jun
Two: ka b'a
Three: oxa
Four: chaja
Five: jwe
Six: qaq
Seven: wuq
Eight: wajxaq
Nine: b' eljaj
Ten: laj
Keli, that is soooooo cool!!!!! Are our comments translated to Mam so you can read them?
Elizabeth
Hi Keli
I am comint to Guatemala in December. I will be near Antigua.
That is a cool video. I am going to memorize those numbers so I can recite them to the kids at school and freak them out.
Your Friend,
Isabella
Age 11
Colorado
that is prety cool i would love to learn up to 100
WOW!!!
I would like to learn that language!
Thanks for posting that! I learned something that my friends and family don't know!