Eskimaux and English vocabulary, for the use of the Arctic expeditions.

Description

Main Author

Washington, John

Related Names

Murray, John, 1808-1892, publisher.
Harrison and Sons (Printers)
Great Britain. Admiralty.

Language(s)

English ; Yupik languages

Published

London : J. Murray, 1850.

Subjects

English language > English language / Dictionaries > English language / Dictionaries / Eskimo.
Eskimo languages > Eskimo languages / Conversation and phrase books (for sailors)
Eskimo languages > Eskimo languages / Dictionaries > Eskimo languages / Dictionaries / English.
Dictionaries
Conversation and phrase books > Conversation and phrase books / for Sailors

Summary

First part, "Brief sketch of the Eskimaux grammar" chiefly from Crantz's History of Greenland, volume I, Chapter VI, page 201; and Parry's Second Voyage, 1821-1823. Vocabulary presented in two parts: English-Eskimaux (four-column table per page), and Eskimaux-English (in two columns per page). The English-Eskimaux table refers to "Labrador, or Eastern", "Winter Island and Iglúlik, or Central", and "Kotzebue Sound, or Western" dialects of Inuit.

Physical Description

xvi, 160 p. ; 10 x 17 cm.

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