Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts

by James Lockhart

Book Overview

Nahuatl was the primary native language of central Mexico both before and after the Spanish conquest. It is the Latin of the indigenous languages of the New World. Its tradition of alphabetic writing goes back to the middle years of the sixteenth century and embraces not only grammars, dictionaries, collections of preconquest lore, and works of religious instruction, but also, above all, a great mass of mundane writing by the Nahuas themselves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804744580
• ISBN13: 9780804744584
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"