Horacio Carochi
Horacio Carochi (* 1579 or 1586 in Florence as Horazio Carocci ; † 1662 or 1666 in Mexico City ) was a Florentine Jesuit priest who is known for his grammar of the classical Nahuatl .
Life
Carochi was born in Florence. He went to Rome and joined the Jesuit order . From Rome he went to the New World , to the viceroyalty of New Spain , today's Mexico . There he devoted himself to the study of indigenous languages, namely Nahuatl and Otomí .
He was a friend of the bishop and later viceroy of New Spain Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (1600-1659).
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Carochi had a fairly thorough understanding of the Otomí and Nahuatl languages, and he was the first grammarian to take syllable length into account in his Nahuatl spelling and to represent the voiceless glottal plosive with a saltillo . His Arte de la Lengva Mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della was published by Juan Ruyz in 1645 and gained great importance shortly afterwards. Carochi also wrote a grammar for the Otomí language, which is no longer preserved today.
Fonts
- Arte de la Lengua mexicana con la declaración de todos sus adverbios
- Vocabulario copioso de la Lengua mexicana
- Gramática de la Lengua Otomí
- Vocabulario Otomí
- Sermones en Lengua mexicana
expenditure
- Grammar of the Mexican Language. With an Explanation of Its Adverbs (1645) . Translated by James Lockhart. Stanford University Press, 2001
Web links
- Literature by and about Horacio Carochi in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries )
- Horacio Carochi in the Catholic Encyclopedia (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carochi, Horacio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carocci, Horazio (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Florentine Jesuit priest and linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1579 or 1586 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1662 or 1666 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |