Maya materials, ACLS collection
Culture:
Language: English | Mayan (macrolanguage)
Date: 1924 and undated
Contributor: Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 | Schuller, Rudolf
Subject: Linguistics
Type: Text | Cartographic
Genre: Maps | Vocabularies
Extent: 4 pages, 1 map
Description: The Maya materials in the ACLS collection consist of two items in the "Maya" section of the finding aid. The first is a brief word list (item M1a.1) recorded by Edward Sapir containing terms for numerals, natural objects, animals, parts of the body; obtained from the "Mortiniano tribe." (The specific Mayan language the list reflects is currently unidentified). The second item (AM1) is a linguistic map of Chiapas by Rudolf Schiller form 1924, which includes locations of the varieties Lacandon, Chol, Tzotzil, "Tsoke," "Tzendal" (Tzeltal?), and Chicomuceltec.
Collection: ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) Mss.497.3.B63c