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Manuscripts relating to linguistic studies, chiefly in Náhuatl : Mexico, 1793-1844.
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Manuscripts relating to linguistic studies, chiefly in Náhuatl: Mexico, 1793-1844Conversaciones y cartas Hispano-Mexicano
Abstract:
1. Letters in Spanish, apparently models for social and business usage, possibly compiled for Indian students of Spanish.
Written in Coyotepec (Cuautitlán) and Mexico City, from 1793-1814 (14 p.) -- 2. A Spanish-Náhuatl vocabulary with a concluding
note signed by Martín José, possibly the compiler, on August 12, 1812 (26 p.) -- 3. A manuscript written in alternating Náhuatl
and Spanish phrases, dealing with the Mexican calendar and the early Mexican tribes; evidently an exercise in translation.
Undated (5 p.) -- 4. Definitions of a few Náhuatl terms. Undated (2 p.) -- 5. Bibliography of works on various Indian languages,
ranging in date from 1555 to 1844. Undated (2 p.) -- 6. A Náhuatl-Spanish vocabulary. Undated (2 p.).
Date:
1793 (issued)Subject:
n-mx---Nahuatl language
Aztecs
Manuscripts, Nahuatl -- California -- Berkeley
Manuscripts, Spanish -- California -- Berkeley
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Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, BANC MSS M-M 466.
Also available on microfilm (BANC MSS M-M 464-475).
In Náhuatl and Spanish.
Type:
Manuscripts-Mexico-18th century.Manuscripts-Mexico-19th century.
Glossaries.
Physical Description:
print
1 v. (54 p.) ; 23 cm.
partial microfilm reel (32 exposures) : negative (Rich. 403:10) and positive.
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Spanish