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National Anthropological Archives
Chukchee Vocabularies
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS338C
- Creators:
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Baer, John
- Dates:
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1852-1855
- Languages:
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Languages includeEnglish,Chuckchi(Tchuktchi, Maritime Chukchi) andYupik(Siberian Eskimo). Siberian/Paleoasiatic family and Eskimo/Eskoaleutian family.
- Physical Description:
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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
| 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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