MS 2354 Copy of  a Günün yajich vocabulary compiled by John Frederick Hunzinker
odd: label: Variant Titles
content: Puelchean-Pampas vocabulary

Puelche vocabulary
label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2354
label: Publication Note
content: The vocabulary was published (with Spanish translations) in:

Outés, Felix F. "Vocabulario y Fraseario Genakenn (Puelche) Reunidos por Juan Federico Hunzinker en 1864." Revista del Museo de la Plata 31 (1928): 261-297.
name: label: Creator
content: Hunzinker, John Frederick, 1837-1907
place: label: Place
content: Argentina
label: Place
content: South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
creator: label: Creator
content: Hunzinker, John Frederick, 1837-1907
culture: label: Culture
content: Pampas/Patagonia
label: Culture
content: Tehuelche
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: John Frederick Hunzinker (1837-1907), born Johan Frederick Hunzinker in Bern, Switzerland and also known as Juan Federico Hunzinker, served as a missionary of the South American Missionary Society in northern Patagonia from 1860 to 1867.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .25 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The provenance of the collection is unknown; there is no accession information available.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2354
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a handwritten copy of a vocabulary and phrases of the Günün yajich language (also known as northern Tehuelche, Puelche,  Gennaken, Ranquelche, and Pampa) with English translations.  The vocabulary and phrases were collected by John Frederick Hunzinker and compiled by him in 1864. There is also a typescript copy of the first five pages of the vocabulary.

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