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is spoken in every province. In the Mame language, spoken by the 

 tribe living near Verapaz next the Lacandones, they say : may God 

 keep you, Dios quique lente man; how are you? van petiguis? how 

 are you? van petete? Their numerals run as follows : i, jun ; 2, cabe ; 

 3, oje ; 4, caxi ; 5, oe ; they count no higher than that. 



91. The Ache language, spoken by the Indians of Guatemala, has: 

 may God keep you, Dios cachagenta ; may He go with you, gueta ; 

 how are you? uspesala aguache? I am well, usjala ; bring some bread, 

 tipe guai ; bring some eggs, tipe sac molo ; bring some water, tipe ya ; 

 where are you from? aguehoc ? They count as follows : i, jun ; 2, cai ; 

 3, oji ; 4, caxi ; 5, 06 ; 6, guacaqui ; 7, jucu ; 8, guaxcaqui ; 9, velche ; 

 10, laju, and from there on like us. 



92. The Pipil language, on the Guatemalan coast in the Provinces 

 of Isquuintepeque and Guazacapan, has : mother, nague ; it is ordered, 

 pasultiqui ; mouth, itencu; I will cut you in half, tineque nimis 

 tacujuta ; I don't want to, intenicnequi ; the face, yayan ; the tongue, 

 ichel. In the same district of Guatemala : bring something to eat, 

 chacan chulotiguic ; salt, asan, and this word is general in all these 

 languages. The Cachiquel language has : bring a hen, tipejun act ; 

 bring some bread, tipelec ; bring some water, tipeha ; bring some wood, 

 tipesi. In addition to the above, there are countless other languages 

 among these tribes, so that it is impossible to try to describe them 

 or reduce them to order ; the preceding will have to suffice, in order 

 to say something about other languages spoken on the Spanish Main, 

 in the following chapter. 



Chapter XVI 



Of Various Other Languages Spoken on the Spanish Main, in the 

 Dioceses of Caracas and of Puerto Rico, Belonging to the Secretariat 

 of New Spain. 



93. Besides what has been stated in the foregoing chapters for the 

 comprehension of the confusion existing among those blind and 

 heathen nations, with the diversity of such different languages as 

 they spoke — a device of the Devil to keep them in subjection and 

 enslavement to his tyrannical sway, until God in His divine mercy 

 was moved to rescue them from it and to cause the light of His Holy 

 Gospel to shine upon them — I shall make some brief notes regarding 

 the type of the languages and dialects they spoke. 



94. The Caraca language has : what is your name ? atiyeseti ? where 

 are you going, Indian? asauter itoto? companion, emiaro ; friend, 

 guanter; I am very fond of you, apunesasa; give me some light, 



