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Language:Tzotzil
Date:1963-1972
Contributor:Bricker, Victoria Reifler, 1940-
Subject:Chiapas (Mexico)--History | Folklore | Humor | Language study and teaching | Rites and ceremonies | Social life and customs | Warfare
Type:Sound recording
Genre:Interviews | Speeches | Stories
Extent:26 sound tape reels (43 hr., 54 min.)
Description: NOTE: This guide entry only describes the audio collection (formerly call number Mss.SMs.Coll.15), which has been merged with recently processed manuscripts materials to form the Victoria R. Bricker Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.178). This entry does not reflect manuscript materials or any understanding of the audio since receiving the manuscript materials, and is in the process of being updated.
Field recordings made in Chiapas in Tzotzil communities including Chamula, Chenalhó, San Cristóbal de las Casas, and Zinacantán. These recordings include research conducted in relation to Bricker's book "Ritual Humor in Highland Chiapas." These include recordings of ritual humor and performances surrounding religious festivals, joke texts, songs, and Tzotzil language exercises.
Collection:Victoria R. Bricker Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.178)
Culture:
Mixe includes: Ayuukjä'äy
Chontal, Oaxaca includes: Tequistlatec, Tequistlateco
Chocho includes: Chocholteco, Chochotec, Chochon, Ngigua, Ngiwa
Language:English | Spanish | Mixe | Chocholtec | 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
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)
Culture:
Zapotec includes: Zapoteco, Zapoteca
Language:Zapotec (macrolanguage) | Spanish
Contributor:Lopez, Gregorio Magdelino
Subject:Language study and teaching
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies | Grammars
Extent:1 folder
Description: Jane Rosenthal's only Zapotec materials are a set of short illustrated bilingual texts produced by Gregorio Magdelino Lopez (Series 5). The exact variety of Zapotec is not specified.
Collection:Jane M. Rosenthal Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.129)