Dictionary of Mesa Grande Diegueño
Subtitle: 'Iipay Aa-English/English-'Iipay Aa
By: by Ted Couro and Christina Hutcheson. With introd. and notes by Margaret Langdon. Illus. by Leanne Hinton.
Contributors: Hutcheson, Christina, 1880- joint author.
Publisher: Malki Museum Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Banning, Calif
Language: eng; nai
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Diegueño language -- Dictionaries -- English; English language -- Dictionaries -- Diegueño
Description: This volume is a dictionary of the Ipai language, also known as 'Iipay or Northern Diegueño. It is the Native American language spoken by the Kumeyaay people of central San Diego County, California. The dictionary is presented in a practical orthography devoid of special symbols, fully capable of representing the sounds of the language. Although no specialized knowledge is required for its use, making the dictionary suitable for both the layman and the scholar, it conforms at the same time to sound principles of linguistic scholarship. The authors have included 'Iipay to English and English to 'Iipay translations to hundreds of words.