Everything about Horacio Carochi totally explained
Horacio Carochi (
1586–
1666) was a
Jesuit priest and
grammarian, who was born in
Florence,
Italy, and died in
Mexico. He is known for his grammar of the
Classical Nahuatl language.
Life
Carochi was born in
Florence. He went to
Rome where he entered the
Society of Jesus. From Rome he went to the
New World, arriving in
New Spain (now
Mexico). There he dedicated himself to the study of the indigenous languages, and became proficient in
Nahuatl and
Otomi. He was a friend of the Bishop and later Viceroy of
New Spain,
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, as is documented by the letters existing today written by Carochi to the bishop.
Importance
Carochi had an acute understanding of the Nahuatl language and was the first grammarian to understand and propose a consistent transcription of two difficult phenomena in Nahuatl
phonology, namely vowel length and the
saltillo. His
Arte or grammar was seen as important soon after its publication, and as early as
1759 a version edited by
Ignacio Paredes was issued. This version however lacks most of the virtues of the original work.
Today his original
Arte de la lengua Mexicana is considered by linguists to be the finest and most useful of the extant early grammars of Nahuatl. He also wrote a grammar of the
Otomi language, which is now lost.
Works
Of the works of Carochi only the
Arte de la lengua Mexicana has been printed; the others exist only in manuscript form.
- Arte de la Lengua mexicana con la declaración de todos sus adverbios, printed in Mexico in 1645
- Vocabulario copioso de la Lengua mexicana
- Gramática de la Lengua Otomí
- Vocabulario Otomí
- Sermones en Lengua mexicana
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