Molina’s Nahuatl–Spanish dictionary

E635630

bilingual dictionary historical linguistic source lexicographical work

Molina’s Nahuatl–Spanish dictionary is a seminal 16th-century bilingual lexicon compiled by the Franciscan friar Alonso de Molina that serves as one of the most important sources for the study of Classical Nahuatl language and culture.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilingual dictionary ⓘ historical linguistic source ⓘ lexicographical work ⓘ
associatedDiscipline	Mesoamerican studies ⓘ ethnohistory ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ missionary studies ⓘ philology ⓘ
associatedPeople	Nahua speakers of central Mexico ⓘ
authorReligiousAffiliation	Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfComposition	16th century ⓘ
compiler	Alonso de Molina NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Nahuatl headwords ⓘ Spanish glosses ⓘ cultural notes ⓘ examples of usage ⓘ
country	Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext	colonial Mesoamerica ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	modern Nahuatl lexicography ⓘ reconstructions of Classical Nahuatl phonology ⓘ studies of colonial translation practices ⓘ
historicalPeriodDocumented	early colonial period in central Mexico ⓘ
importance	major source for Classical Nahuatl phraseology ⓘ major source for Classical Nahuatl semantics ⓘ major source for Classical Nahuatl vocabulary ⓘ major source for colonial-era Nahua culture ⓘ
language	Classical Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
languagePair	Classical Nahuatl–Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryPurpose	facilitation of communication between Nahuatl speakers and Spanish speakers ⓘ
primaryUse	missionary work in New Spain ⓘ study of Classical Nahuatl ⓘ study of colonial Mexican culture ⓘ
region	New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousOrderContext	Franciscan NERFINISHED ⓘ
script	Latin alphabet ⓘ
subject	Nahuatl lexicon ⓘ Spanish lexicon ⓘ missionary linguistics ⓘ
timeDepth	post-Conquest Nahuatl ⓘ
usedBy	anthropologists ⓘ historians ⓘ linguists ⓘ philologists ⓘ students of Nahuatl ⓘ

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Classical Nahuatl → hasCanonicalWork → Molina’s Nahuatl–Spanish dictionary ⓘ