Belmar, Francisco, 1859?-

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Dates:
Birth 1859-10-04
Death 1926
Gender:
Male
Mexicans,
English, Spanish; Castilian, Zapotec, Central American Indian languages,

Biographical notes:

Francisco Belmar was a Mexican linguist.

From the description of Writings on Mexican languages, 1895-1902. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540704

From the guide to the Writings on Mexican languages, 1895-1902, 1895-1902, (American Philosophical Society)

Mexican jurist, indigenist, and linguist.

Born in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Belmar held various positions in teaching, government, and the courts, and was also head of the state library in Oaxaca. A founder of the Sociedad Indianista, he authored many studies of indigenous languages, such as Mazateca, Chontal, Huave, and Trique.

From the description of Letters : Oaxaca, to James C. Pilling, Washington [D.C.], 1891 Nov. 15. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 32685783

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Subjects:

  • Chinantec language
  • Chinantec language
  • Comparative linguistics
  • Indians of Mexico
  • Indians of Mexico
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Manuscripts
  • Manuscripts, Spanish
  • Mixe language
  • Mixe language
  • Mixe language
  • Mixtec language
  • Mixtec language
  • Trique language
  • Trique language
  • Zapotec language
  • Zapotec language
  • Zoque language
  • Zoque language

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Places:

  • Mexico (as recorded)
  • Mexico (as recorded)
  • Mexico--Oaxaca de Juárez (as recorded)
  • Mexico--Oaxaca (as recorded)
  • Mexico--Oaxaca de Juárez (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)