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Nájera Yanguas, Diego de, 1570-1635.

Doctrina y enseñança en la lengua maçahua de cosas muy utiles, provechosas para los ministros de doctrina, y para los naturales que hablan la lengua maçahua.

Mexico: Iuan Ruyz, 1637

Physical Description: [5], 177, [2] leaves : ill. ; 15 cm. (8vo)

Call number: B637/ N162d

Accession number: 06446

Notes: Titles, licenses, dedication, table of contents, and caption titles in Spanish. “Advertencias en lengua castellana muy necessarias para hablar con propriedad la lengua que llaman maçahua” (leaves 1-10) consists of 21 topical paragraphs in Spanish with Mazahua examples, including selected numbers 1-1000 (leaves 6v-8r, with additional numerical vocabulary, leaf 33). Texts for confession, sacraments, liturgy, etc., in Mazahua and Spanish in double columns, are interspersed with extensive lists of relevant vocabulary, including kinship terms (leaves 33v-34v).

Languages: Mazahua language

Genre: Catechisms and Creeds / Vocabulary

Region: Spanish America