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Tzotzil: Zinacantan recordings (1961)

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Subject Languages: 
Zinacantán Tzotzil
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Zinacantán Tzotzil
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Zinacantán
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
With one exception, two researchers (Nicholas A. Hopkins and Andrés Medina), working separately, produced three sets of recordings from the municipio of Zinacantan in 1961. In the first two sets each one read from the standard Spanish vocabulary list, eliciting the Tzotzil equivalents from native speakers (all male). In the third set Hopkins administered Thematic Apperception Tests ("T.A.T."s) to a number of male consultants. (Note: The dialect specified here is "Tzotzil central".)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are both original field recordings and copies of originals. Subsequently to the archiving of the tapes, N.A. McQuown renumbered the tapes using Roman numerals. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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The Man-in-Nature Project; Tzeltal: Siberia field recordings (1958)

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Subject Languages: 
Oxchuc Tzeltal
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Oxchuc Tzeltal
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
A Spanish-speaking interviewer (Andres Medina) reads the standard vocabulary list, and a native speaker (and his son) supply the Tzeltal. (The dialect used here is specifically identified as "Oxhuc Tzeltal".)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Master tapes are the field-recorded originals, done on a Magnemite machine (i.e., the one with the center track). A list of vocabulary words on three slips of paper and in N.A. McQuown's handwriting were found in the Siberia II box. They have now been scanned. WAVE files are converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
Unnamed

The Man-in-Nature Project; Tzeltal: San Pedro Pedernal field recordings (1958)

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Subject Languages: 
Bachajón Tzeltal
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Bachajón Tzeltal
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Andres Medina reads the Spanish words from the standard vocabulary list, and three (male) native speakers supply the Tzeltal equivalents. (The dialect specified here belongs to "Tzeltal central".)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Masters are the original field recordings. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
Unnamed

The Chiapas Project; Tzotzil: Totolapa recordings in Tzotzil and Spanish (H.B. Sarles, 1961)

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Subject Languages: 
Bachajón Tzeltal
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Bachajón Tzeltal
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Depending on the responses he is anticipating, Sarles reads from either the standard Spanish or Tzotzil vocabulary list, and the native speakers (male and female): 1) translate from Tzotzil to Spanish, 2) repeat the Tzotzil tokens after Sarles reads them or 3) translate from Spanish to Tzotzil. In the "Roster" the dialect specified here is "Tzotzil sureño".
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tape are the original field recordings made in 1961. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
Unnamed

Viva Chiapas

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Languages: 
No linguistic content
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Collection Technical Notes: 
From the McQuown donation
Contributor: 
Unnamed

Las Rosas; Pinola: Musica de flauta de carrizo y tambor grande

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Languages: 
Oxchuc Tzeltal
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Two Pinola musicians perform five instrumental numbers and sing two sacred hymns.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tape is the original field recording, donated to the LLA by Norman McQuown c. 1997. WAVE file is converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Mendez-Guadalupe, Antolino; Feliciano Hernandez, et al.

Vocalization of glyphs at Palenque (1996)

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Subject Languages: 
Yucatán Maya
Primary Languages: 
Yucatán Maya
Languages: 
Yucatán Maya
Locations: 
Chiapas
Palenque
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Maya scholar does a (reconstructed?) reading of the glyphs appearing on a monument at Palenque.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Contributor: 
McQuown, Norman A.

Aguacatec [Awakateko] texts (Andrade, 1937)

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Subject Languages: 
Awakateko
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Awakateko
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Andrade, speaking Spanish, puts words and phrases to Margarita Herrera (of Aguacatán, Department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala), who supplies the Awakateko equivalents. She also adds passages of fluent speech. (Note: In McQuown's usage a "text" is any discrete unit of speech.)
Collection Technical Notes: 
The original recordings are five 10-inch, 78 rpm, needle-cut aluminum discs made in Guatemala, and they are accompanied by a tape dub of all the discs made by Donald H. Ledin at the Language Laboratory c. 1979. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s, and the transcription is scanned.
Contributor: 
Herrera, Margarita, consultant

Chol music, recorded at Tila by Andrés Medina, 4 May 1964

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Subject Languages: 
Tila Chol
Languages: 
Tila Chol
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
At unspecified venues Medina recorded two pairs of performers--the first, playing a drum and a flute; the second, playing a guitar and a violin.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are the dubs made in 1978 from Medina's field-recorded tape. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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Chol: Vocabulario de Tumbalá (Medina, 1964)

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Subject Languages: 
Tumbalá Chol
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Tumbalá Chol
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Andrés Medina, speaking Spanish, reads a short vocabulary list to a native speaker (male) who gives the Chol equivalents (4 May 1964).
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tape is a dub from Medina's 3.75 ips, half-track original on a five-inch reel. WAVE file is converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Anonymous consultant