Two separate Hillsborough child rape cases have been held up in court because of an indigenous language spoken in the western highlands of Guatemala. Interpreters are hard to find for the Mayan tongue of Mam. One linguist says it's as close to Spanish as it is to Chinese. (Mam audio source: Salem State College Language Resource Center

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English: tomorrow | Spanish: manana

Click here to hear the Mam word for "Tomorrow": nchij

English: yesterday | Spanish: ayer

Click here to hear the Mam word for "Yesterday": eew

English: bird | Spanish: pajaro

Click here to hear the Mam word for "Bird": ch'it

English: Miss | Spanish: senorita

Click here to hear the Mam word for "Miss": q'apoj

English: four | Spanish: cuatro

Click here to hear the Mam word for "Four": chaja