National Anthropological Archives

Chukchee Vocabularies

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS338C
Creators:
Baer, John
Dates:
1852-1855
Languages:
Languages include
English
,
Chuckchi
(Tchuktchi, Maritime Chukchi) and
Yupik
(Siberian Eskimo). Siberian/Paleoasiatic family and Eskimo/Eskoaleutian family.
Physical Description:
41 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Vocabularies collected by the expedition team at the sites called Yerigen (Yergin, Yarga on Arakamchechen Island) and Siqluk (Chak-lock, on the nearby Yttygran Island) respectively, off the Glasenap Harbor, Senyavin Strait, west side of Bering Strait. Yergin/Yarga and Siqluk/Chak-lock are about 2 miles apart.
Scope and Contents
John Baer. Chuckchi ("Yerigen") and Asiatic Eskimo ("Chak-lock") Vocabularies. Rodgers North Pacific Expedition, 1852-55. "Glasenap Harbor Senyavin Straits. "Yerigen" near the (expedition's) tents; "Chak-lock" on island 2 miles south. Pgs. 27; includes 366 Chukchi and 150 Eskimo words, with phonetic notes on vowel length and pitch. (Entry prepared by Demitri Shimkin, July, 1957, for use by Roman Jacobson in his bibliography of "Paleo-Siberian" languages.) According to Shimkin and/or Jacobson, this manuscript has not been published.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
John Baer was with Commander Rodgers' North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1852-55.

Administration

Custodial History
Received from the Hydrographic Office, Navy Department, June 14, 1906.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 338-c, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 338-c


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chukchi language Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yuit language Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Siberian Yupik Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Russia -- Siberia Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chukchee Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yupik Eskimos Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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