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Geschichte der Abiponer, einer berittenen und kriegerischen Nation in Paraguay. Bereichert mit einer Menge Beobachtungen über die wilden Völkerschaften.
Vienna: Joseph Edlen von Kurzbek, 1783
Physical Description: 3 v. : ill., maps ; 19 cm. (8vo) Pagination: v. 1: [28], 294 [i.e. 352], 383-564, [6], p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded); v. 2: [4], 603, [5] p., [5] leaves of plates (4 folded); v. 3: 506, [8] p., [1] folded leaf
Call number: J783/ D634g
Accession number: 35829
Notes: Translation, by A. Kreil, of: Historia de Abiponibus equestri, bellicosaque Paraquariae natione, first printed Vienna, 1784. "Von der Sprache der Abiponer", v. 2, chapter 16 is a discussion of the Abipon language, its grammar, and some short glossaries of vocabulary in Abipon and German on p. 196-215. "Von anderen Eigenschaften der Abiponischen Sprache ", v. 2, chapter 17 is a discussion of the grammar and inflection of the Abipon language on p. 220-238. "Berschiedene Muster amerikanischer Sprachen", v. 2, chapter 18 is a discussion of various other languages, with some specimens, of the Americas from Mexico to Paraguay on p. 240-250; also includes references to the Guaraní language. "Von den Waffen der Abiponer", v. 2, chapter 36 includes a small section on indigenous names for weapons on p. 491-493. "Von den Waffen der Abiponer, und ihrer Schlachtordnung, wenn sie mit andern Wilden fechten", v. 2, chapter 43 includes a small section on indigenous battle cries on p. 571-573.
Languages: Abipón / Ayoré / Chiquito / Chulupí / Cochimi / Guarani / Guaykurú / Lule / Mataco / Mocoví / Moro / Nahuatl / Quechua / Toba / Tonocoté / Vilela
Genre: Grammar / Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
