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Article published In: Historiographia Linguistica
Vol. 40:1/2 (2013) ► pp.97–119

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Fray Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta’s Work on California’s Native Languages

 | Appalachian State University
Published online: 8 March 2013
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hl.40.1-2.04fou
Summary
This article describes the linguistic work of Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta (1780–1840), a Franciscan missionary from Spain who lived and worked in the missions of Alta California for some 32 years. He was the most prolific chronicler of the indigenous languages of Alta California during the mission period, writing a vocabulary and grammar of the Costanoan/Ohlone language Mutsun, taking notes on a Yokuts language he called Nopthrinthres, and compiling shorter word lists and religious texts in numerous other languages. The present work seeks to bring together and analyze what information is available about Arroyo de la Cuesta’s life and writings and place these within the broader field of missionary linguistics.
Résumé
Cet article décrit le travail linguistique de Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta (1780–1840), un missionnaire franciscain espagnol qui a vécu et travaillé dans les missions de la Haute- Californie pendant environ 32 ans. Il a été le plus prolifique chroniqueur des langues autochtones de la Haute-Californie au cours de la période des missions, auteur d’un vocabulaire et une grammaire de la langue mutsun, appartenant à la famille costanoan/ohlone, des notes sur une langue de la famille yokuts qu’il appelle nopthrinthres, et des listes de mots et textes religieux dans de nombreuses autres langues. Ce travail vise à rassembler et analyser les informations disponibles sur la vie et les écrits d’Arroyo de la Cuesta et à les situer dans le domaine de la linguistique missionnaire.
Zusammenfassung
Dieser Artikel beschreibt die sprachwissenschaftliche Arbeit des spanischen Franziskaner-Ordensbruder Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta (1780–1840), der als Missionar etwa 32 Jahre in den Missionen in Alta California lebte and arbeitete. Er war der vielseitigste Chronist der Sprachen der Eingeborenen dieser Missionsepoche in Alta California. Er schrieb nicht nur eine Grammatik und ein Vokabular der Mutsunsprache (Gruppe Costanoan/Ohlone), sondern auch vorläufige Notizen über eine Jokutsprache, von ihm Nopthrinthres benannt, und kürzere Wortlisten und religiöse Traktate in vielen anderen lokalen Sprachen. Die hier vorgelegte Arbeit fasst die heute noch vorhandenen Informationen über Arroyo de la Cuestas Leben und Werk zusammen und analysiert dieses, um diese seine Schriften innerhalb des breiteren Bereichs der Missionarslinguistik zustellen.
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