Finding Aid to the Collection of linguistic material relating to the Indians of Central
America, 1882-1883
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Finding Aid to the Collection of Linguistic Material Relating to the Indians of Central
America, 1882-1883
Collection number: BANC MSS Z-C 8
The Bancroft Library
University of
California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
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Collection Summary
Collection Title: Collection of Linguistic Material Relating to the Indians of Central
America,
Date (inclusive): 1882-1883.
Collection Number: BANC MSS Z-C 8
Creator: Pinart, Alphonse L. (Alphonse Louis), 1852-1911
Extent:
Number of container: 1 portfolio
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please
consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in Spanish,
French, with vocabularies of Central and South American Indians including Sabanero,
Dorasque (Huite),
Muoi,
Norteno (Valiente),
Dorask,
Cuna,
Darien, and Payan
Information for Researchers
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Collection is open for research.
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intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of linguistic material relating to the Indians of Central
America, BANC MSS Z-C 8, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Originally part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.
item 1.
[Vocabullrio de idioma "Murire''] 1883. 9 p.
Additional Note
Vocabulary of language of the Sabanero Indians of Panama.
item 2.
[Vocabulario de idioma Dorasque (Huite)] 1883. 29 p.
Additional Note
Title page signed by Pinart and dated December 14, 1883.
Vocabulary of language of Dorask Indians of Panama.
item 3.
Vocabulario de la lengua Muoi. 1883. 27 p.
Additional Note
Title page signed by Pinart and dated November 25, 1883.
Vocabulary of language of the Muoi Indians of Panama.
item 4.
Vocabulario breve de la lengua Norteño. 1882. 28
p.
Additional Note
Title page signed by Pinart and dated March 26, 1882.
Vocabulary of the language of the Norteno Indians of Panama. With this is a list of numerals in
the language (1 leave.)
item 5.
[Vocabulario de idioma “Valiente"] 53 P.
Additional Note
Title page signed by Pinart and dated November 5 & 22, 1883.
Written by Pinart on p. 21-73 of his printed Vocabulario Castellano, Guaymiy Norteño
(detached from his article, Noticias de los Indios del Departamento de Veragua, y Vocabularios
de las Lenguas ... ). With this are additional word lists and linguistic notes (43 p., most of
them loose sheets).
item 6.
[Vocabulario de idioma Changuina Bugaba de Candelaria Martinez] 1883.
5 leaves.
Additional Note
Title page signed by Pinart and dated December 17, 1883.
Vocabulary of language of Dorask Indians of Panama.
item 7.
Vocabulario breve de la lengua Cuna. 1882. 28 p.
Additional Note
Partially in the handwriting of Alphonse Pinart.
Title page dated February 23, 1882.
Vocabulary of language of the Cuna Indians of Panama. With this are the following: linguistic
notes by Pinart (2 1.); Apendice al dialecto Cuna (7 1.); and Dialago Cuna para pedir preguntas
... (5 P.).
item 8.
Catecismo menor ... en lengua de los indigenes del Darien en Panama. 29 p.
Additional Note
Copied by Pinart.
Catechism translated into the language of the Darien Indians of Panama.
item 9 .
Llisa, Pedro de. Catecismo cristiano ... 35 p.
Additional Note
Title page note: Traducido nuevamente al dialecto Indijena "Cuna" a peticion del Sr. Dr. A. L.
Pinart por Tomás J. Carranza 1883.
With this is: Apendice del cateciemo cristiano, in Carranza's hand-writing (23 P.).
item 10.
Llisa, Pedro de. Confesionario en idiome de Choconate, Paya, Fapaliza (?)... hecho en el
Darien. 7 p.
Additional Note
Copied by Pinart.
Questions for examination of conscience translated into Pagan Indian dialects.
