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Dictionary of Ch'orti' Mayan-Spanish-English
Hull, Kerry, Phd
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Description for Dictionary of Ch'orti' Mayan-Spanish-English
Hardback. A comprehensive dictionary of the endangered Ch orti Mayan language of southern Guatemala, with entries in Ch orti, Spanish, and English" Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; CF; JHMC; YRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1724.
Of extant languages, Ch’orti’ Mayan is the closest to ancient the Maya hieroglyphic script, but it is a language that is decreasing in usage. In southern Guatemala where it is spoken, many children no longer learn it, as Spanish dominates most experiences. From linguistic and anthropological data gathered over many years, Kerry Hull has created the largest and most complete Ch’orti’ Mayan dictionary to date. With nearly 9,000 entries, this trilingual dictionary of Ch’orti’, Spanish, and English preserves ancient words and concepts that were vital to this culture in the past.
Each entry contains examples of Ch’orti’ sentences ... Read more
Of extant languages, Ch’orti’ Mayan is the closest to ancient the Maya hieroglyphic script, but it is a language that is decreasing in usage. In southern Guatemala where it is spoken, many children no longer learn it, as Spanish dominates most experiences. From linguistic and anthropological data gathered over many years, Kerry Hull has created the largest and most complete Ch’orti’ Mayan dictionary to date. With nearly 9,000 entries, this trilingual dictionary of Ch’orti’, Spanish, and English preserves ancient words and concepts that were vital to this culture in the past.
Each entry contains examples of Ch’orti’ sentences ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Utah Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
540
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9781607814894
SKU
V9781607814894
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About Hull, Kerry, Phd
Kerry Hull is currently a professor in the Department of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University, USA. He is author of An Abbreviated Dictionary of Ch’orti’ Mayan, and coeditor of Ch'orti' Maya Area: Past and Present and of Parallel Worlds: Genre, Discourse, and Poetics in Contemporary, Colonial, and Classic Maya Literature.
Reviews for Dictionary of Ch'orti' Mayan-Spanish-English
“Professor Hull’s dictionary is the product of one who is not only a competent linguist, but one who is a fluent speaker of the Ch’orti’ language. More importantly, he is meticulously careful with the data.” —John S. Robertson, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, Brigham Young University “Thorough, systematic, well researched, and easy to use. This dictionary will be the standard ... Read more