Vocabulary of the San Blas Indians / by W[illia]m M. Gabb.; Darien--San Blas

Abstract:

C. Hermann Berendt's transcription of a vocabulary of 343 entries, including the numbers 1 to 11, in English and the dialect of the San Blas Indians, as collected by William M. Gabb, in May 1875 (p. 3). The entries are arranged in alphabetical order of the English words (numbers are given under the heading: Numerals). The list is provided with the following preface: Prof. Gabb met in May 1875 at Colón [Panama?] with an Indian and a negro from San Blas, the latter speaking Spanish besides the San Blas language, and took from both together the following words (p. 3). The place name Colón is tipped in. The manuscript includes some annotations in pencil by Berendt, consisting mostly of cross-references between entries or question marks. If Berendt transcribed the vocabulary in 1875 he probably would have been in Coban, Guatemala, where he had settled the previous year; however, with respect to his contact with William Gabb, there is evidence that he met Gabb in New York in July 1876 when he (Berendt) was visiting in the United States (see Ms. Coll. 700, Item 152). On both the front paper cover and the title page Berendt (evidently in error) dates the item 1874.

Creator:

Gabb, William M.

Timespan:

Panama; Panama.; San Blas Coast (Panama)

Date:

1876

Identifier:

9949657293503681; (OCoLC)ocn710835704; (OCoLC)710835704; (PU)4965729-penndb-Voyager

Language:

English; South American Indian languages

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).

Publisher:

[New York?], [1876?]

Subject:

Cuna language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Indians of Central America -- Panama -- Languages.; Indians of Central America.; Cuna language.; Language and languages.; Glossaries.; Controlled vocabularies.; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Manuscripts, American.

Resource Type:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

16 leaves : paper; 204 x 132-134 (155 x 90-100) mm bound to 215 x150 mm

Personal Name:

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

Rights:

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Notes:

Title from component title page (f. 1r).; Origin: Probably written in New York in 1876.; Ms. component part.; Item 165, in contemporary paper covers, is the 3rd 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.; Watermark: PIRIE'S Old Style.; Layout: Vocabulary written in two columns of 20 lines, with English on the left and San Blas dialect on the right.; Script: Written in the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Pagination: Paper, 16; fol. ii (paper endleaves) + 11 + iii (paper endleaves); [1-5], 6-21, [22 (blank)]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; English and the San Blase dialect of Cuna.

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 700

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection.; Languages of Chiriqui and Darien.