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Nachricht von Suriname un seinen Einwohnern, sonderlich den Arawacken, Warauen un Karaiben, von den nüzlichsten Gewächsen und Thieren des Landes, des Geschäften der dortigen Missionarien der Brüderunität un der Sprache der Arawacken.
Leipzig: Gedruckt bey J.G. Burghart; sold by P.G. Kummer, [1807]
Physical Description: xiv, [2], 316, [2] p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill., map ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Call number: J807/ Q1n
Accession number: 02638
Notes: “Zwey und zwanzigster Brief” (p. 294-316) contains an outline of Arawak grammar and an Arawak-German vocabulary listing over 200 Arawak terms (p. 308-316). Also includes numbers 1-20 (p. 300) and the Lord’s Prayer in Arawak with interlinear German (p. 307-308). German text set in black letter type; Arawak in roman.
The preceding letter, also titled “Zwey und zwanzigster” but actually the 21st (p. 280-294), discusses neighboring Amerindian “Nationen”, including the following group of which Quandt, who was in Suriname from 1768 to 1780 as a Moravian missionary, states that “jede ihre eigene Sprache hat”: the Massannau; Attumaku; Kaiukussianu; Assawanu; Saliwanu; Wajudu; Kamouje; Nipiju (p. 290-291).
Digital facsimile copy of book available.
Languages: Arawak
Genre: Grammar / Vocabulary
Region: Guianas
