Writings on Mexican languages, 1895-1902

Culture:
Zoque
Mixe includes: Ayuukjä'äy
Chontal, Oaxaca includes: Tequistlatec, Tequistlateco
Chocholteco includes: Chocho, Chocholtec, Chochon, Ngigua, Ngiwa
Language: English | Spanish | Mixe | Chocholteco | Klamath-Modoc | Chontal, Highland Oaxaca
Date: 1895-1902
Contributor: Belmar, Francisco, 1859-1910
Subject: Orthography and spelling | Linguistics | Language study and teaching | Mexico--History | Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--History
Type: Text
Genre: Essays | Lectures | Drafts | Books
Extent: 2 items
Description: Two items by Mexican linguist Francisco Belmar. The first item, "Las lenguas habladas por Los Indigenos and Indian tribes of the state of Oaxaca and their languages," includes a lengthy exposition on Mexican languages, emphasizing relationships with, and discussing Mixe, Zoque, Chontal, and Chochotec (intended for delivery at a session of the International Congress of Americanists, 1895, but never delivered) and a pencil draft of Belmar (1902) [See also Belmar (1902)]. The second item, "Curso de Lengua Mixe," is a brief elementary textbook for teaching Mixe to Spanish speakers, complete with exercises, texts, and lexical comments.
Collection: Writings on Mexican languages, 1895-1902 Mss.497.4.B412c