Apuntes sobre la lengua mije

Contributor:

Brinton, Daniel G. 1837-1899 (former owner)

Name:

Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878

Date:

1870

Description:

Notes on the Mixe language, with subjects such as geographic extent; extant literature (primarily notes on Fr. Augstín de Quintana's 18th-century Confessonario); a comparison of words for Mixe numerals with their Zoque, Zapotec, and Chinantec equivalents; a comparison of Mixe words with Zoque and Zapotec words; and parallel translations of the Lord's prayer in Spanish, Mixe, and Zoque.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).

Subject:

Quintana, Agustín de, -1734. Confessonario en lengua mixe; Mixe language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Mixe language -- Texts; Zoque language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Zoque language -- Texts; Zapotec language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Indians of Mexico -- Languages; Zapotec language; Zoque language; Mixe language; Language and languages

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Glossaries; Prayers; Translations (documents); Manuscripts, Mexican; Manuscripts, Spanish; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Texts; Controlled vocabularies

Physical Description:

18 leaves : paper; 196 x 172 mm bound to 196 x 174 mm

Geographic Subject:

Mexico -- Languages; Mexico

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. [ii]r).; Foliation: Paper, 18; [ii], 16; foliation in ink by Berendt, upper right recto.; Script: In the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Binding: Contemporary heavy marbled paper with label on upper cover: Lengua Mije.; Origin: Written in Mexico in 1870.; Spanish, Mixe, and Zoque, with some Zapotec and Chinantec.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection