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MS 4121 Comparative vocabularies of Southeastern and Gulf Languages

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4121
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Dates:
1916-1917
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
90 Pages
57 Items
cards
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Contents: "Key to Comparative vocabularies," a numerical key to English equivalents of the Indian terms in the vocabularies. Typescript and autograph document. 2 pages. Comparative vocabulary of Natchez, Tunica, Chitimacha, and Attacapa. Autograph document. 22 pages. Comparative vocabulary of Creek, Choctaw, Alabama, and Hitchiti. Autograph document. 23 pages. Comparative vocabulary of Tonkawa, Comecrudo, Coahuilteco, Cotoname, and Karankawa. Autograph document. 22 pages. Comparative vocabulary of Koasati, Creek, Hitchiti, Alabama, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez. Typescript and autograph document. 2 pages. Comparative vocabulary of Timucua and other Southeastern languages. Typescript and Autograph document. 19 pages. Comparison of Natchez vocabulary, phonology and structure with other Muskhogean languages. Typescript Document with A. notations. 57 cards.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
According to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 38, pages 5-6, Swanton worked on a comparative vocabulary of these languages in 1916-1917.

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Citation
Manuscript 4121, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4121

Local Note

Local Note
typescript and autograph document


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Alibamu Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Atakapa Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Muskogee (Creek) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
American Indian -- Southeast Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Atakapa Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Choctaw Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Comecrudo Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cotoname Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Coushatta (Koasati) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chitimacha Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tunica Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Natchez Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tonkawa Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hitchiti Seminole Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Timucua (archaeological) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Alabama Indians Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Karankawa Indians Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Coahuiltec Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southern states Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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