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Noticia de la lengua huasteca, que en beneficio de sus nacionales... con cathecismo, y doctrina christiana para su instruccion, segun lo que ordena el Santo Concilio Mexicano, enchiridion sacramental para su administracion, con todo lo que parece necessario hablar en ella los neoministros, y copioso diccionario para facilitar su inteligencia.
Mexico: Imprenta de la Bibliotheca mexicana, 1767
Physical Description: [10], 128 p. ; coat of arms ; 20 cm. (4to)
Call number: B767/ T172n
Accession number: 01751
Notes: Grammatical study in Spanish with Huastec examples. Also contains: “Diccionario huasteco” (p. 48-88, 2nd count), listing over 2000 terms in Spanish alphabetical order with Huastec equivalents as well as Spanish notes on usage; “Cathecismo, y doctrina christiana en lengua huasteca” (p. 89-96) with Spanish and Huastec in parallel columns; “Doctrina christiana fielmente traducida de la que escribió el R. P. Bartholomè Castaño de la Compañia de Jesus” (p. 96-128), consisting of instructions in Spanish and parallel columns of Spanish and Huastec. Included in the section on matrimony of “Administraction de los santos sacramentos” is a list of gender-specific kinship terms under two headings, “Los hombres dicen” and “Las mugeres dicen” (p. 121-123.)
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Languages: Huastec
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds / Grammar / Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
