Author: POLAK, J. E. R.
Title: A Grammar and a Vocabulary of the Ipurina Language.
Description: London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co, 1894.. By Rev. J. E. R. Polak, M.A. Cantab. Vocabulary Publication Fund. No.1. First Edition. VIII + 111 p. SOFTCOVER: (Orig. sewed publisher's green wrappers, front cover loose, but present, probably missing back cover. Interior AS NEW ) ¶ Very rare this excellent dictionary of the Ipurina is an Arawakan language spoken in Brazil. Jacob Evert Resyek Polak (1855-1933) originally came from Paramaribo in Dutch Guiana and served as a missionary among the Brazilian tribes of the Amazon basin. 'Having lived two years constantly among and with them, quite 2,000 miles from the sea-coast, and in the interior of South America, and for fully six years in various parts of the Amazon valley, I have much time to observe them and their manners.'

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