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. 2024 Jul 17;55:110761. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110761
Subject Social Sciences Linguistics
Specific subject area Linguistic Documentation: Focuses on the documentation of languages, often with an emphasis on endangered or resource-limited languages. It includes the collection of texts, recordings, and other linguistic data, which is crucial for preserving and studying languages like P'urhépecha.
Descriptive Linguistics: This branch is dedicated to describing and analyzing the features of a language. The material compiled in the database can be a valuable source for describing grammatical, lexical, and phonetic aspects of P'urhépecha.
Data format Raw, Analyzed, Filtered
Type of data Table
Data collection All data are part the “Proyect Gilberti” [Gilberti project] which was organized in 1982 at the Center of the Studies of Traditions of El Colegio de Michoacán, A.C. This project was instituted for Tarasco-speakers graduate students as a graduation option in their Master of Arts, and Ph.D. in Arts at the above-mentioned Center. The project involved the transcription, study and translation of the manuscripts and published books located in diversed repositories in Mexio, the United State and Europe. The dataset, in this work, was organized into four columns: the first and second columns consist of transcriptions of language words or phrases P'urhépecha and old spanish, respectively. The third column offers a direct translation into language contemporary spanish, and the fourth column has been generated using an automatic translator through the use of Google Translator libraries.
Data source location The transcriptions are available at the Digital Repository Center of El Colegio de Michoacán in a DVD. The resulting studies and graduation thesis are not includes, as they are available at the Library of El Colegio de Michoacán
Data accessibility Repository name: PROYECTOGILBERTI
Data identification number: DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10976238
Direct URL to data: https://github.com/PROYECTOGILBERTI/BIGDICTONARY