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Wörter-Sammlungen aus den Sprachen der Völker des östlichen Asiens und der Nordwest-Küste von Amerika.
St. Petersburg: Admiralty Press, 1813
Physical Description: 1 p. l., XI, 1 l., 68 [1] p.
Call number: K813/ K94/ 1-size
Accession number: 66-171
Notes: "Wörtersammlung aus der sprache der Ainos, der bewohner der halbinsel Sachalin, der jnsel Jesso, und der südlichen Kurilen", p. [2-3] and 1-29, 3rd and 4th counts, consists of a considerable glossary of words and numbers in the Ainu language with their German equivalents, as compiled by Gavriil Ivanovich Davydov.
"Wörtersammlung aus der sprache der Tschuktschen", p. [31]-44, is a considerable glossary of words and numbers in the Chukchi language with their German equivalents, as compiled by someone identfied only as Lieutenant Koscheleff.
"Wörtersammlung aus der sprache der Koljuschen", p. [45]-55, is a considerable glossary of words, numbers and names for various ethnic groups in the Tlingit language with their German equivalents, as compiled by Gavriil Ivanovich Davydov.
"Wörtersammlung aus der sprache der Kinai", p. [57]-68, is a considerable glossary of words, numbers and names for various ethnic groups in the Dena'ina language [as spoken by neighbors of the Alaksa, Konagi, and Tchugatsch Eskimos] with their German equivalents, as compiled by Gavriil Ivanovich Davydov.
Digital facsimile copy of book available.
Languages: Chukchi / Dena'ina / Eskimo-Aleut languages / Koryak / Tlingit / Unalaska
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Arctic
