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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.

Puebla de los Angeles: Pedro de la Rosa, 1793

Physical Description: [12], 145, [3] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo)

Call number: B793/ A681v

Accession number: 04178

Notes: First part (p. 1-102) lists over 2000 entries in Spanish with Nahuatl equivalents; second part (p. 102-145) lists several hundred 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 1831 edition, in contrast to editions of 1668, 1683, and 1690, this edition contains all 70 sections contained in part 1 of the first edition, published Mexico, 1611, and omits 18 of 42 sections contained in part 2 of first edition. Contains table of contents for each part.

Languages: Nahuatl

Genre: Vocabulary

Region: Spanish America