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Author Beesley, Kenneth R., 1954- author.

Title An 1860 English-Hopi vocabulary written in the Deseret Alphabet / Kenneth R. Beasley, Dirk Elzinga
Published Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, map
Contents Introduction -- Provenance -- Hopi language -- The 1860 English-Hopi vocabulary
Summary Reproduces the dictionary compiled by two Mormon missionaries to the Hopi and written in a non-Roman phonemic alphabet that Brigham Young was promoting. Also includes a discussion of the provenance and background of the book, the Hopi language, and the Mormon mission; identifies Hopi words in modern dictionaries; and transcribes words from the Deseret Alphabet into the International Phonetic Alphabet
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject English language -- Dictionaries -- Hopi
Hopi language.
Deseret alphabet.
Hopi Indians -- Missions
Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages.
Deseret alphabet
English language
Hopi Indians -- Missions
Hopi language
Mormon Church -- Missions
Genre/Form Dictionaries
Form Electronic book
Author Elzinga, Dirk, author.
ISBN 9781607813545
1607813548