Arte de la lengua mexicana (1754 book) explained

Arte de la lengua mexicana
Author:	Joseph Augustin Aldama y Guevara
Country:	Mexico
Language:	Spanish
Subject:	Nahuatl language
Genre:	Grammar
Publisher:	Bibliotheca Mexicana
Release Date:	1754
Pages:	163

Arte de la lengua mexicana is a little-known^[1] grammar of the Nahuatl language by Joseph Augustin Aldama y Guevara published in 1754.

Sources used

Aldama y Guevara's Arte is mostly derivative of previously published grammars of Nahuatl,^[2] particularly Horacio Carochi's Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della.^[3]

Markings

Aldama y Guevara marks the saltillo with a circumflex accent over the preceding vowel at the end of a word, or a grave accent over the preceding vowel elsewhere, and marks long vowels with an acute accent (in contrast to Carochi's macron).^[1]

References

• Launey, Michel . Catégories et opérations dans la grammaire Nahuatl . 1986 . 19 February 2007 . 4 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150804053127/http://celia.cnrs.fr/FichExt/Etudes/Launey/tm.htm . dead .
• Launey, Michel . 1995 . LArte de la lengua mexicana de Aldama y Guevara (1754) . Amerindia . 19/20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061118165259/http://celia.cnrs.fr/FichExt/Am/A_19-20_21.htm . 18 November 2006 .
• Schwaller, John Frederick . 1973 . A Catalogue of Pre-1840 Nahuatl Works Held by The Lilly Library . The Indiana University Bookman . 11 . 69–88 .

External links

• Aldama y Guevara's Arte de la lengua mexicana on Google Book Search

Notes and References

1. Launey (1995).
2. Schwaller.
3. Launey (1986): 16–17.