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Yuman materials, ACLS collection

Culture:
Kumeyaay includes: Kumiai, Diegueño, Kamia, Tipai-Ipai
Kwtsaan includes: Quechan, Yuma, Yuman
Cocopah includes: Cocopa, Kwapa, Kwii Capáy, Cucapá
Language:Cocopa | English | Kumiai | Quechan
Date:1917; 1924
Contributor:Gifford, Edward Winslow, 1887-1959 | Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies
Extent:2 page
Description: The Yuman material in the ACLS consists of two brief, 1-page items. In the "Yuman" section of the finding aid, there is Gifford's "Vocabulary in five Yuman languages" (item H8.1) from 1917, which consists of 35 English words, including numerals, with equivalents in "Cocopa, Southern Diegueno, Northern Diegueno, Kamia, and Yuma." Speakers are identified at head of each column. In the "Hokan" section of the finding aid, there is Kroeber's "Hokan compared with various Middle and South American languages" (item H.4) which includes Yuman terms.
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)

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