Vocabulary of the Huatuso Indians

Alternate Title:

Guatuso

Contributor:

Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878 (former owner); Brinton, Daniel G. 1837-1899 (former owner)

Name:

Bransford, J. F. 1846-1911

Date:

1876

Description:

Vocabulary list of 42 words in Guatuso (Huatuso) with English equivalent, originally collected and recorded by J. F. Bransford on 10 April 1876 at Castillo, Nicaragua. The present manuscript is in the form of a copy made by Dr. Earl Flint, who had contact with Bransford around that time; the manuscript was preserved and provided with a title page by C. Hermann Berendt. Flint is variously said to have resided in Rivas or in Granada, both in Nicaragua; Berendt corresponded with him in Granada (see Ms. Coll. 700, Item 161). Bransford states that the Guatuso words were obtained from a boy from Rio Frio (in Costa Rica), who was about 13 years old and had been a captive for two years. Branford indicates that he transcribed the words as closely as possible according to their sound, using the Spanish sounds of the letters.

Language:

English

Provenance:

From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on verso of front free endpaper of bound volume).

Subject:

Guatuso language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Indians of Central America -- Costa Rica -- Languages; Indians of Central America; Language and languages; Guatuso language

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Glossaries; Manuscripts, English; Manuscripts, Latin American; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Controlled vocabularies

Physical Description:

2 leaves : paper; 204 x 122 mm bound to 215 x150 mm

Geographic Subject:

Costa Rica -- Languages; Costa Rica

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. component part.; Title from component title page (f. 2r).; Item 162, in contemporary paper covers, is the 14th of 15 manuscripts (Items 162-165, 167-171, 172-175, 218, and 219) bound together in a volume with the spine title: Languages of Chiriqui and Darien.; Foliation: Paper, 2; the manuscript proper comprises a single leaf of lined paper tipped onto f. 2r.; Layout: Written in 32 lines on lined paper; vocabulary entries, consisting of the Guatuso word followed by the English, are listed in two uneven columns.; Script: Written in the hand of Earl Flint.; Origin: Copied in 1876, probably in Nicaragua.; English and Guatuso.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700

Collection:

Languages of Chiriqui and Darien; Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection