Peruvian antiquities / by Mariano Edward Rivero and John James von Tschudi ; translated by Francis L. Hawks.
- Mariano Eduardo de Rivero y Ustariz
- Date:
- 1854
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Peruvian antiquities / by Mariano Edward Rivero and John James von Tschudi ; translated by Francis L. Hawks. Source: Wellcome Collection.
134/342 page 104
![Among the last-named class of languages, however, an exception is to be made in favor of the Tirohi ;* thanks to the indefatigable labor of a native, Sequoiah, one of the most distinguished men in America, who, within little more than the last twenty years, has invented a syllabic alphabet which so soon became familiar to the nation that the Thiroki Phccnix, a newspaper, has been printed in the native Ian guage, in the letters of this alphabet. After these observations on the principles of the American languages in general, we do not think it necessary to extend them-to a particular explanation of the grammar of the Quichua language; and he who wishes to be instructed in that, can refer to one of the grammars of that idiom. It may be of interest, however, to the lovers of that beautiful tongue to know at least the titles of the philological w’orks which treat of it; and as even among the Peruvians themselves they are but little known, we here present a bibliographical and chronological catalogue of grammatical works on the Quichua language.f It is much to be wished that some truly Our author means the Cherokee. [Translator.] tThe translator has transferred this from the text to the following note: I. San Thomas (Domingo de). Gramatica 6 arte general de la lengua de los Indies del Peru. Nuevamente compucsto por el maestro Fray Domingo de San Thomas, de la ordcn de Santo Domingo, morador en dichos reinos. Impreso cn Valladolid por Francisco Fernandez de Cordua. Acabose a diez dias del mez de Ilenero, aho 1560, 8vo.; y, como apcndice: Lexicon 6 Vocabuhu-io de la lengua general del Peru, llamada Quichua. Valladolid, 1560. II. Ricardo (Antonio). Arte y Vocabulario de la lengua, llamada quichua. En la ciudad de los Reyes, 1586, 8vo. III. Ricardo (Antonio). Vocabulario cn lengua general del Peru, llamada quichua y eu lengua espanola. En la ciudad de los Reyes, 1586, 8vo.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24883463_0134.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
