Mazatec materials, ACLS collection
Culture:
Mazatec includes: Ha Shuta Enima, Mazateco
Language: English | Spanish | Mazatec (macrolanguage)
Date: 1922-1930, 1939-1940, 1942
Contributor: Angulo, Jaime de | Johnson, Jean B. (Jean Bassett) | Rosas, José
Subject: Ethnography | Linguistics
Type: Text
Genre: Grammars | Field notes | Maps | Vocabularies
Extent: 663 pages
Description: The Maztec materials in the ACLS collection consist of items found in multiple sections of the finding aid. In the "Mazatec" section, "Cuento mazateco, contado por José Rosas" (OtM.1) includes a grammatical sketch and text, "Cuento de venado y de sapos," with free translations and grammatical notes. "Informe de la investigacion Mazateca" (item OtM.2) gives a summary of phonetics; report of field-work plans; outline of ethnographic problems. In the "Mexico" section of the finding aid, McQuown's "Phonemic systems of various Indian languages of Mexico" (item AM3) includes some Mazatec vocabulary, as does "Comparative vocabularies of various Indian languages of Mexico" (item AM5). In the "Zapotec" section, "Estudio gramatical de las lenguas de la familia zapoteca" (item Z.1) includes analysis of Mazatec, proposing its inclusion in the Zapotecan language family. The exact varieties of Mazatec are not identified.
Collection: ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) Mss.497.3.B63c