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Chorote-Spanish dictionary

Chorote-Spanish dictionary

Language: Iyojwa'ja (Chorote)

Depositor: Nicholas Drayson

Location: Argentina

Summary of deposit

Diccionario Iyojwa'ja 'Lij - Kilay 'Lij (Chorote-Spanish Dictionary).

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Deposit contents

Introduction; Wordlist, giving reference to class of word, variations of meaning, plural and feminine forms, cross-references, cultural clarifications, examples of usage, alternative grammatical forms, scientific classification; Appendixes - grammar outline; place-names; neighbouring languages; geographical data.

Deposit history

These materials were collected over two periods of six years, as part of a project to provide bilingual educational materials and translations. The author lived almost continually with the Chorote people during this time

Acknowledgement

The author is happy for data to be used for fieldwork or other research providing it is credited.

Basic info

Catalogue title: 
Chorote-Spanish dictionary
Documentation period: 
01/01/1976 - 31/12/1999
Summary of content: 

 Introduction; Wordlist, giving reference to class of word, variations of meaning, ploral and femenine forms, cross-references, cultural clarifications, examples of usage, alternative grammatical forms, scientific classification; Appendixes - grammar outline; place-names; neighbouring languages; geographical data.

Group represented: 
Chorotes in Salta Province (Argentina) - Matako-Mataguayo language family, hunter gatherers in Chaco semi arid tropical forest
Location: 
Tartagal, La Merced, La Gracia, La Paz, La Bolsa (Salta Province, Argentina), Santa Rosa (Paraguay)
Language name: 
Iyojwa'ja (Chorote)

Depositor

Depositor(s): 
Nicholas Drayson

Deposit

Catalogue description: 
... Chorote-Spanish dictionary, including cultural clarifications, examples of usage, alternative grammatical forms, scientific classification, and detailed appendices.
Summary of deposit: 

Diccionario Iyojwa'ja 'Lij - Kilay 'Lij (Chorote-Spanish Dictionary).

To access this resource: click the Resources tab above or this link.

Deposit contents: 
Introduction; Wordlist, giving reference to class of word, variations of meaning, plural and feminine forms, cross-references, cultural clarifications, examples of usage, alternative grammatical forms, scientific classification; Appendixes - grammar outline; place-names; neighbouring languages; geographical data.
Deposit history: 
These materials were collected over two periods of six years, as part of a project to provide bilingual educational materials and translations. The author lived almost continually with the Chorote people during this time
Acknowledgement: 

The author is happy for data to be used for fieldwork or other research providing it is credited.

Map: 
Argentina
24° 46' 45.3144" S, 65° 24' 55.2384" W
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