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Cuadro descriptivo y comparativo de las lenguas indigenas de México.
Mexico: Imprenta de Andrade y Escalante, 1862-1865
Physical Description: 2 vol. ; 22 cm. v.1: lii, 539 p., [2] p. ; v.2: vi, 427, [4] p.
Call number: B862/ P644c
Accession number: 06286
Notes: Contains grammatical studies (in Spanish), vocabulary, and specimens of some 50 languages (listed here using Pimentel’s orthography and, selectively, in language index field with standardized spellings). Volume 1 contains chapters on Huaxteco; Mixteco; Mame or Zaklohpakap; Othomí or Hia-hiu; Mexicano, Nahuatl or Azteca; Totonaco; Tarasco; Zapoteco; Tarahumar; Ópata or Teguima; Cahita; and Matlatzinca or Pirinda. Volume 2 contains chapters onYucateco or Maya; Tepehuan; Cora, Chora or Chota; Pima or Névome; Quiché, Cachiquel y Zutuhil; Eudeve, Heve or Dohema; Mixe; Mazahua or Mazahui; Guaicura or Vaicura; Cochimí and Laimon; Chañabal, Chiapaneco, Chol, Tzendal, Zoque and Tzotzil; Joba, Lipan, Pápago, Piro and Tubar; Cuicateco, Mazateco and Chuchon; and Pame and Serrano. Also contains “Vocabulario manual de la lengua Ópata”, listing 2000 terms in Opata with Spanish equivalents (v.2, p. [267]-340).The Appendice (v. 2, p. [341]-427) contains grammatical remarks, vocabulary, and specimens for Comanche, Mutsun, Tatché ó Telamé, and Tejano ó Coahuilteco, as well as the Lord’s Prayer in “varios idiomas de la Alta California”, i.e. Guiluco, Chocouyem, Joukiousmé, Tulareño, and the languages of the following Missions: Santa Clara, Santa Ines, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San Juan Capistrano, San Luis, and San Diego. JCB copy bound with Faustino Chimalpopocatl Galicia, Silabario de idioma mexicano, Mexico, 1849.
Languages: Apache language / Cahita / Cakchikel / Chiapanec / Chokuyem / Chol / Chontaquiro / Coahuilteco / Cochimi / Comanche / Cora / Cuicatec / Eudeve / Guaicura / Huastec / Laimon / Lipan-Apache / Mam / Matlatzinca / Maya / Mazahua / Mazateco / Mixe / Mixtec / Mutsun / Nahuatl / Opata / Otomanguean / Otomi / Pame / Papago / Pima / Piro / Quiché / Serrano / Solano / Tarahumara / Tarascan / Telame / Tepehuan / Tohono O'Odham / Tojolabal / Totonac / Tubar / Tulareño / Tzeltal / Tzotzil / Tzutuhil / Zapotec / Zoque
Genre: Grammar / Specimen / Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
