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from the only person then living in the region who could recall 

 the tongue of former generations. In the ten years which have 

 elapsed since his visit, Dolores Corral has, doubtless, been gath- 

 ered to her fathers, and the words of this vocabulary remain to 

 us as the sole monument of the original speech of her tribe. 

 Fortunately they are sufficient in number and clear enough in 

 their affinities as to leave no doubt concerning their linguistic 

 affinities. I present them in one column, arranged in alphabetical 

 order, and by their side, their correspondents in the pure Nahuatl 

 of the Valley of Mexico. 



Gomparative Vocabulary of the Alaguilac and Nahuatl. 



Alaguilac of San Augustin 

 Acasaguastlan. 

 Achko, above, 

 achpoco, much, 

 achtko, monkey, 

 aktakaki, deaf, 

 aschka, day, 

 at, water, 

 atemet, a louse, 

 atenko, spring, well, 

 atschi, man (vir.), 

 checheltek, red, 

 cholo, toad, 

 chuvechka, far, 

 culut, a scorpion, 

 echegat, wind, 

 este, blood, 

 iagak, nose, 

 ictle, good, 

 ikschi, foot, 

 ima, hand, 

 imits, leg, 



imperao, bad (Span, imperito), 

 inachtaval, wing, 

 inagas, ear, 

 inenguajo, root, 



Nahuatl. 

 aco 

 ixachi 



quauhchimal 

 nacatzatza 

 tlacatli 

 atl 



atemitl 



(atenco, full of water) 

 oquichtli 

 chichiltic 

 tama-9olin 

 uehca 

 colotl 

 ehecatl 

 eztli 

 yacatl 

 yectli 

 ixitl 

 maitl 

 metztli 



atlapalli 

 nacaztli 

 nelhuayotl 



