Matlatzinca file slips
Fichas sobre el Matlatzinca
Object Details
Subject Language | Matlatzinca |
Language PID(s) | ailla:119757 |
Title [Indigenous] | |
Language of Indigenous Title | |
Title | Matlatzinca file slips |
Language Community | |
Country(ies) | Mexico |
Place Created | Catemaco, Veracruz. Mexico |
Date Created | 1997-00-00 |
Description [Indigenous] | |
Language of Indigenous Description | |
Description | These are file slips about Matlazinca vocabulary. There were a total of 14 boxes. For a complete index of boxes and the corresponding file names please see MAT_file_slips_description.pdf BOX 1 of 14: this box contains the words whose stem contains the letters ʔ, b, ch, j, k, and kw. Notice that sometimes the stem is preceded by a prefix or proclitic, and in each clip one can see the use of the word or stem in other contexts such as a phrase or sentence. Also, there is an extra group that contains animal names. BOX 2 of 14: this box contains loan words from Spanish and names for animals BOX 3 of 14: this box contains ethnobotany vocabulary BOX 4 of 14: this box contains names of birds, poisonous animals such as snakes, and bugs BOX 5 of 14: this box contains words in a certain order, probably alphabetical, considering the vowel or consonant in the root BOX 6 of 14: this box contains words (nouns) following certain alphabetical order (/n/ - /ʃ/) BOX 7 of 14: this box contains words (nouns) following certain alphabetical order (t - glottalized vowels), it also contains animal names and some parts of the body BOX 8 of 14: this box contains conjugated verbs in certain alphabetical order BOX 9 of 14: this box contains slips with conjugated verbs BOX 10 of 14: this box contains slips with re- and tu- verbs (not sure about this specification on the box) BOX 11 of 14: this box contains verbs with stem beginnings from M to T BOX 12 of 14: this box contains verbs with stem beginnings from W to Y BOX 13 of 14: this box contains animal names, words related to parts of the body, people's relations and attributes, and animal names BOX 14 of 14: this box seems to include various items and in no particular order or theme |
Genres | Lexicon |
Source Note | |
References | |
Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Kaufman, Terrence (Researcher) Koch Pérez, Nancy (Researcher) |
Contributor(s) Corporate / Role | Project for the Documentation of the Languages of MesoAmerica (Researcher) |