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Arte de la lengua tarasca, dispuesto con nuevo estilo y claridad por el R.P.M. Fr. Diego Basalenque, del Orden de N.P.S. Augustin, provincial que fué de la provincia de Michoacan, y su cronista. Sácalo á luz El R.P. Mrô. Fr. Nicolás de Quixas, provincial de dicha provincia.
Mexico: Mariano de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, 1805
Physical Description: [14], 102 p. ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Call number: B805/ B297a
Accession number: 06354
Notes: Preliminary matter in Spanish. Grammatical study in Spanish, with Tarascan examples, arranged in five books: “De la cartilla de la lengua” (p. 1-7); “De las ocho partes de la oracion” (p. 8-66); “De los casos de los nombres y verbos“ (p. 67-71); “De algunas elegancias de esta lengua” (p. 72-77); “De las particulas de esta lengua” (p. 78-102). Book 5, chapter 1 is an index to certain topics treated in the preceding 4 books; chapters 2, 3, and 4, dealing with prepositional and interpositional particles used in the formation of verbal and other compounds, comprise virtual vocabulary lists.
Originally published Mexico, 1714.
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JCB copy has closely trimmed upper edges with some loss of page numbers and text.
Languages: Tarascan
Genre: Grammar / Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
