Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana
Encyclopedia
Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana is a bilingual dictionary of Spanish
and Nahuatl by Alonso de Molina
, first published in 1571. It has approximately 23,600 entries, and grew out of his earlier dictionary, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana
, which had only Spanish-to-Nahuatl, and no Nahuatl-to-Spanish section.
Molina's Vocabulario is considered the most important dictionary of Classical Nahuatl
, and has continued to be reprinted into the 20th century. It is typically referred to simply as Molina.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Nahuatl by Alonso de Molina
Alonso de Molina
Alonso de Molina was a Franciscan priest and grammarian, who wrote a well-known dictionary of the Nahuatl language published in 1571....
, first published in 1571. It has approximately 23,600 entries, and grew out of his earlier dictionary, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana
Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana
Aquí comiença un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana is a Spanish-to-Nahuatl dictionary by Alonso de Molina published in 1555. It was the first dictionary to be published in the New World, and was a forerunner to Molina's significant Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana of...
, which had only Spanish-to-Nahuatl, and no Nahuatl-to-Spanish section.
Molina's Vocabulario is considered the most important dictionary of Classical Nahuatl
Classical Nahuatl
Classical Nahuatl is a term used to describe the variants of the Nahuatl language that were spoken in the Valley of Mexico — and central Mexico as a lingua franca — at the time of the 16th-century Spanish conquest of Mexico...
, and has continued to be reprinted into the 20th century. It is typically referred to simply as Molina.
External links
- Digital reproduction of Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana, in the website of the Complutense University of MadridComplutense University of MadridThe Complutense University of Madrid is a university in Madrid, and one of the oldest universities in the world. It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of...
. - Full online facsimile of the book at the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...