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Arte en lengua Cholti : manuscript, [19--].

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Contains a vocabulary of 4000 words, a Grammar, and a Doctrina. This is a facsimile copy made by William E. Gates of the original manuscript, which was written at San Lucas de Chol, in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala in 1685. It was compiled from the "Libre Grande" of fray Franco. Moran, the first missionary to settle among the Lacandones and Choles, or Putunes. The second part of the manuscript, the Vocabulary, was finished in 1695 at Dolores, among the Lacandones.
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C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 252)
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Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Language
Mayan languages
Subject
Chol language—Texts
Chol language—Terms and phrases
Chol language—Grammar
Chol Indians—Language
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