{"id":30,"date":"2020-03-06T16:23:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T16:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ds-wordpress.haverford.edu\/ticha-resources\/test\/?post_type=chapter&p=30"},"modified":"2021-11-23T20:21:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T20:21:13","slug":"unit-2-numbers","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ds-archive.haverford.edu\/ticha-resources\/modules\/chapter\/unit-2-numbers\/","title":{"raw":"Numbers","rendered":"Numbers"},"content":{"raw":"
\r\n\r\nThis module is an introduction to the number system in Colonial Valley Zapotec, a form of Valley Zapotec attested in writing during the [pb_glossary id=\"1136\"]Mexican Colonial Period[\/pb_glossary]. This chapter could be a good place to start your study, though it might be helpful to complete Ticha<\/a> or Colonial Documents and Archives<\/a> first. After reading Numbers, you may find it useful to continue with Language Shift<\/a> or Reclaiming our Languages<\/a>.\r\n\r\nResources in this module: Teaching Summary<\/a> \u00b7 Answer Key<\/a> \u00b7 Spanish Version<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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1. Introduction<\/h1>\r\nThe text in the image below is from a grammar about Valley Zapotec which was published in 1578. The grammar is credited to a Spanish friar Juan de Cordova, though many unnamed Zapotec people contributed as well. The page in Figure 1 shows the Colonial Valley Zapotec words for the numbers 1-19.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_124\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"369\"]\"\"<\/a> Figure 1.\u00a0 Colonial Valley Zapotec numbers 1 through 19 (Cordova 1578: 102r; John Carter Brown Library, via archive.org<\/a>; see also Ticha<\/a>)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nZapotec languages (there are many!) belong to the Otomanguean stock and are indigenous to what is now Oaxaca, Mexico. There are probably over 400,000 speakers of Zapotec languages today, and many Zapotec speakers are actively resisting linguistic and cultural threats from deeply embedded discriminatory beliefs and behaviors that deny and devalorize the Zapotec language, people, and knowledge.\r\n

2. Learning to read Cordova: Numbers 1-4<\/h1>\r\nEven though this book is printed, you might find it more challenging to read than modern printed books. Learning to read older printed books is a skill you can practice! Let\u2019s take a look at Figure 2, which is a close up of the numbers 1-4.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_125\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"582\"]\"\"<\/a> Figure 2.\u00a0 Colonial Valley Zapotec numbers 1 through 4 (Cordova 1578: 102r; John Carter Brown Library, via archive.org<\/a>; see also Ticha<\/a>)[\/caption]\r\n\r\n
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Exercise 2.1<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

(a) Transcribe (i.e. write out) what you see in Figure 2.\r\n(b) Compare your transcription with a classmate\u2019s.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nHere\u2019s my transcription:\r\n
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VNo. T\u01d2bi. vel. ch\u00e4ga. 1<\/p>\r\n

\u00b6Dos. T\u00f4pa. l. c\u01ceto. 2<\/p>\r\n

\u00b6Tres. Ch\u01d2na. l. c\u00e4yo. 3<\/p>\r\n

\u00b6Quatro. T\u00e4pa. l. t\u01cea. 4<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nThere\u2019s lots of things to talk about even in these four lines! Let\u2019s go back to just the first line:\r\n

VNo. T\u01d2bi. vel. ch\u00e4ga. 1<\/div>\r\n