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Arte de la lengua tepeguana, con vocabulario, confessionario, y catechismo, en que se explican los mysterios de nuestra santa fè catholica, mandamientos de la ley de Dios, y de nuestra santa madre Iglesia.
Mexico: Viuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, 1743
Physical Description: [16], 72, 43 [i.e. 48], 148, [2] p. ; 21 cm. (4to)
Call number: B743/ R578a
Accession number: 28589
Notes: The “Arte de la lengua tepequana” (p. 1-72), a grammar in Spanish with Tepehuan examples, concludes with a sample dialogue of over 100 lines printed in both languages in parallel columns (p. 65-70) and brief closing remarks (p. 71-72). The second part, “Compendio de lo mas substancial, que se enseña en el cathecismo. Traducido al idioma tepeguan”, consists of religious texts, most printed in both languages in double columns (p. 1-44), followed by over 50 Tepehuan kinship terms with Spanish glosses (in 2 lists, “Tabla de los parentezcos” and “Affinidad”, p. 45-43 [i.e. 48]). The third part, “Vocabulario en lengua tepeguana”, lists approximately 7000 entries in Spanish alphabetical order with Tepehuan equivalents (p. 1-144), followed by “Palabras que faltan en el bocabulario” (p. 145-148) which includes a Spanish-Tepehuan list of 150 terms for human body parts and “defectos del cuerpo”.
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Languages: Tepehuan
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds / Dictionary / Grammar
Region: Spanish America
