Comanche Vocabulary: Trilingual Edition (Texas Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series) - Softcover

García Rejón, Manuel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292727836 ISBN 13: 9780292727830

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1995

Synopsis

The Comanche Vocabulary collected in Mexico during the years 1861-1864 by Manuel García Rejón is by far the most extensive Comanche word list compiled before the establishment of the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation in 1867. It preserves words and concepts that have since changed or even disappeared from the language, thus offering a unique historical window on earlier Comanche culture.

This translation adds the English equivalents to the original Spanish-Comanche list of 857 words, as well as a Comanche-English vocabulary and comparisons with later Comanche word lists. Daniel J. Gelo's introduction discusses the circumstances in which García Rejón gathered his material and annotates significant aspects of the vocabulary in light of current knowledge of Comanche language and culture. The book also includes information on pictography, preserving a rare sample of Comanche scapula drawing.

This information will help scholars understand the processes of language evolution and cultural change that occurred among all Native American peoples following European contact. The Comanche Vocabulary will also hold great interest for the large public fascinated by this once-dominant tribe.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This translation adds the English equivalents to the original Spanish-Comanche list of words, as well as a Comanche-English vocabulary and comparisons with other later Comanche word lists.

About the Author:

Daniel J. Gelo is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0292727836
• ISBN 13: 9780292727830
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106