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Nahuatl-English/English-Nahuatl (Aztec): Dic Hippocrene Concise (Hippocrene Concise Dictionary)

Nahuatl-English/English-Nahuatl (Aztec): Dic Hippocrene Concise (Hippocrene Concise Dictionary)

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Not a dictionary but a vocabulary list!
Review: This dictionary does not tell the reader if the translation is a word from "Classic Nahuatl" of the 16th -18th centuries; if it is from the Central Mexico area or from the peripheral Nahuatl dialects; or if it is a modern word from a regional dialect; or in the case of "Czech republic" or "United States" words that were totally made up (by the author perhaps?). It also leaves out very important information (such as glottal stops long and short vowels, etc)

This is a part of a series of "dictionaries" that "cover" many langauges in 15 second sound bite type of translations. I guess each author is given a set list of words that they have to translate.

But for serious Nahuatl studies, "An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl" by Frances Karttunen and the 1571 dictionary of Fray Molina (soon to be republished by Editorial Porrua in Mexico City) or the Dictionnaire de la Langue Nahuatl ou Mexicaine. by Remi Simeone are better.


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