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Arte de la lengua metropolitana del reyno Cakchiquel, o Cuatemalico, con un parallelo de las lenguas metropolitanas de los reynos Kiche, Cakchiquel, y Q,utuhil, que hoy integran el reyno de Guatemala.
Guatemala: Sebastian de Arebalo, 1753
Physical Description: [54], 144, 144-387, [1] p. : ill. ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Call number: B753/ F634a
Accession number: 04461
Notes: Grammatical explanations in Spanish with Cakchikel examples. Title and text include special font symbols not found in Roman alphabet, apparently created by Arévalo in 1753 to represent phonemes specific to Cakchikel.
Title and statement of responsibility from photograph of title page in Medina. JCB copy imperfect, lacking title page, at least 22 pages of preliminaries, p. 59-62, part of 111-112, 176-183, and all after 313. Title page, p. 59-62, and 176-183 added in ms.
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Languages: Cakchikel / Quiché / Tzutuhil
Genre: Grammar
Region: Spanish America
