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National Anthropological Archives
MS 311 Chuckchi Vocabulary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS311
- Creators:
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Stimpson, William
- Dates:
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August 1855
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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17 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
In "Comparative Vocabulary of the Languages of the Indian Tribes of the United States", issued by the Department of the Interior (H.R.S.) Partially used. Contains 104 words in schedule. The Outline provides for 350 equivalents, plus 90 numerals. Attached to this manuscript are also 7 pages containing 117 words, partly duplicating entries in printed schedule.
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Citation
Manuscript 311, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 311
Local Note
Local Note
B. A. E. Mss. 311. William Stimpson. Chukchi Vocabulary, August, 1855. Locality unknown. Pp. 27 plus 117, partly duplicating, in insert. (Entry prepared by Demitri Shimkin, July 1957, for use by Roman Jacobson in his bibliography of "Paleo-Siberian" Languages.) Shimkin says this manuscript was referred to by Dall, but location of manuscript was not given.
General
General
Previously titled "Vocabulary."
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Russia -- Siberia | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Chukchee | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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