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Arenas, Pedro de.

Vocabulario manual de las lenguas castellana, y mexicana. En que se contienen las palabras, preguntas y respuestas mas comunes y ordinarias que se suelen ofrecer en el trato, y comunicacion entre Espaņoles, é Indios.

Mexico: Widow of Francisco Rodriguez Lupercio, 1690

Physical Description: [8], 118, [2] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo in four)

Call number: B690/ A681v

Accession number: 02418

Notes: First part (p. 1-72) lists over 1500 entries in Spanish with Nahuatl equivalents; second part (p. 73-118) lists approximately 1000 Nahuatl entries with Spanish equivalents. In both parts, entries, which include numerous conversational phrases as well as single terms, are grouped in thematic categories, with the two languages printed in double columns. Like the 1668, 1683, and 1710 editions, this edition omits 17 of 70 sections contained in part 1 of the first edition, published Mexico, 1611, and 2 of 42 sections contained in part 2 of first edition. Contains table of contents for each part.

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Languages: Nahuatl

Genre: Vocabulary

Region: Spanish America