Nowhere was the linguistic diversity of the New World more extreme than in California, where an extraordinary variety of village-dwelling peoples spoke seventy-eight mutually unintelligible languages.
The Beginning Dakota/Tokaheya Dakota Iapi Kin workbook provides exercises for building vocabulary, practicing conversation, and reading and writing about Dakota history. Now a brand-new teacher’s edit
An updated and comprehensive reference to the Aleut-Eskimo languages spoken from the northeastern tip of Siberia all the way east to Greenland, this easy-to-use volume groups related words from the mo
Since Europeans first encountered Native Americans, problems relating to language and text translation have been an issue. Translators needed to create the tools for translation, such as dictionaries,
Creek (or Muskogee) is a Muskogean language spoken by several thousand members of the Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole nations of Oklahoma and by several hundred members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
This dictionary is the first published compilation by the Squamish Nation of Skwxwu7mesh Snichim, one of ten Coast Salish languages. The Squamish peoples' traditional homeland includes the territory a
Distributed on behalf of the Salish Kootenai College Press Medicine for the Salish Language includes conjugations of most Salish verbs and sample sentences providing context for the use of many words.
This book surveys multi-verb constructions in multiple languages from the Americas, showing a very rich tapestry of typologically unusual constructions, including serial verbs, auxiliaries, co-verbs,
Whether building vocabulary, practicing conversation, or reading and writing about Dakota history, this collection of fun and informative lessons provides numerous entry points for language learners
Now available to an English-speaking audience, this book is a comprehensive grammar of classical Nahuatl, the literary language of the Aztecs. It offers students of Nahuatl a complete and clear treatment of the language's structure, grammar and vocabulary. It is divided into 35 chapters, beginning with basic syntax and progressing gradually to more complex structures. Each grammatical concept is illustrated clearly with examples, exercises and passages for translation. A key is provided to allow students to check their answers. By far the most approachable textbook of Nahuatl available, this book will be an excellent teaching tool both for classroom use and for readers pursuing independent study of the language. It will be an invaluable resource to anthropologists, ethnographers, historians, archaeologists and linguists alike.
Now available to an English-speaking audience, this book is a comprehensive grammar of classical Nahuatl, the literary language of the Aztecs. It offers students of Nahuatl a complete and clear treatment of the language's structure, grammar and vocabulary. It is divided into 35 chapters, beginning with basic syntax and progressing gradually to more complex structures. Each grammatical concept is illustrated clearly with examples, exercises and passages for translation. A key is provided to allow students to check their answers. By far the most approachable textbook of Nahuatl available, this book will be an excellent teaching tool both for classroom use and for readers pursuing independent study of the language. It will be an invaluable resource to anthropologists, ethnographers, historians, archaeologists and linguists alike.
Having collaborated previously on articles and book chapters about Mayan languages, Robertson (emeritus linguistics), Robbie A. Haertel (computer science, both Brigham Young U.) and Danny Law (anthrop
This Compact English-English-Oriya dictionary is a bilingual dictionary developed especially for Oriya-speaking students and learners of English. It can also be used as a handy reference by general r
This picture book is a small glimpse, from A to Z, of some of the sights and sounds of the Michif language and its speakers. The language of the Métis, Michif is a combination of French and Cree
This second volume of teaching materials for the Hocak language illuminates the intricacies of the spoken language by showing how the words and grammatical information given in volume 1 are used in a
German doctoral students Hartmann (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig) and Marschke (U. of Erfurt) text is the second in a two-volume work on Hocak, a highly-endangered North
The most comprehensive dictionary of the Hocak language (formerly known as Winnebago) to date, this bidirectional Hocak-English/English-Hocak dicitionary contains approximately 4,000 entries. Hocak i
The most comprehensive dictionary of the Hocak language (formerly known as Winncbago) to date, this bidirectional Hocak-English/English-Hocak dictionary contains approximately 4,000 entries. Hocak is
Teiwa is a non-Austronesian ('Papuan') language spoken on the island of Pantar, in estern Indonesia. It has approximately 4,000 speakers and is highly endangered.The genetic relationship between the A
