The story of the road worker
El cuento del operador
Object Details
| Subject Language | Zapotec, Coatec Zapotec, San Baltázar Loxicha |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119571 ailla:119593 |
| Title [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Title | |
| Title | The story of the road worker |
| Language Community | |
| Country(ies) | Mexico |
| Place Created | Catemaco, Veracruz |
| Date Created | 1997-07-12 |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Description | |
| Description | This is a rough transcription and translation of a legend regarding the building of a road near San Baltazar Loxicha, and the interaction between the road workers and a supernatural being that inhabits the area. It was made by the narrator of the text, Lázaro Díaz Pacheco. I plan to archive the recording at AILLA. A more advanced draft of the text exists in a Shoebox database and is available from me personally until such time as it is ready to be published. However, this original draft reveals linguistic features which have been obscured in other drafts by standardization, e.g. the original spelling reveals the local pronunciation of the Spanish word 'antonces', changed to 'entonces' in later drafts. |
| Genres | Narrative |
| Source Note | |
| References | |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Díaz Pacheco, Lázaro (Speaker) Díaz Pacheco, Lázaro (Transcriber) Díaz Pacheco, Lázaro (Translator) Beam de Azcona, Rosemary (Researcher) |
| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role |
