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A description of Patagonia, and the adjoining parts of South America containing an account of the ... language of the Indian inhabitants.
Hereford and London: C. Pugh, 1774
Physical Description: [4], iv, 144 p., [2] folded leaved of plates : maps ; 28 cm. (4to)
Call number: D774/ F193d/ 1-SIZE
Accession number: 31195 ; 02114
Notes: Chapter VI, “An account of the language of the inhabitants of these countries” (p. [132]-144), deals with the language of the Moluches, and includes grammatical “observations, rules, examples, &c.” regarding nouns, pronouns, adverbs, and (primarily) verbs; vocabulary is included passim as well as in a list of over eighty terms with English equivalents. Also given are four specimens with parallel English translation: The sign of the cross, The beginning of the Lord's Prayer, The beginning of the Creed, & The beginning of the Doctrines. Included are a handful of comparisons with the language of the Huilliches.
JCB has 2 copies.
Preface (p. [1]-23) written by Robert Berkeley.
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Languages: Mapuche
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds / Grammar / Specimen / Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
