Mexico: Mocho' Plant Names and Locations: An Ethnobotanical Project
Description
Mocho' Herb Names and Locations:
An Ethnobotanical Project
Map Creators:
LINGUIST List (Amy Brunett) and Dr. Naomi Palosaari-Fox.
Contact: Amy Brunett, LINGUIST List, brunett
linguistlist.org
Date Created: September 2010
Project Description:
This data is based on Amy Brunett and Naomi Palosaari's fieldwork in Motozintla de Mendoza, Chiapas, Mexico during December 2009. The consultant is both a native speaker of Mocho' (Motozintleco) and a traditional médico. A GPS unit was used to plot the points of the locations of the various herbs during this season. Please note that the names of the herbs are in Mocho' on the map. To view the Spanish names, images of the herbs, and a list of usages for traditional Mocho' medicine, please right click on the point and view "What's this?".
According to Palosaari, the Mocho' complex belongs to the Greater Q'anjob'alan branch of the Mayan language family and constitutes a branch of the Q'anjob'alan subgroup, related most closely to Jacalteko, Akateko, and Q'anjobal, and more distantly to Chuj and Tojolab'al. There are fewer than 30 Mocho' speakers who are between the ages of 65-85.
Contact: Amy Brunett, LINGUIST List, brunett
linguistlist.org
Date Created: September 2010
Project Description:
This data is based on Amy Brunett and Naomi Palosaari's fieldwork in Motozintla de Mendoza, Chiapas, Mexico during December 2009. The consultant is both a native speaker of Mocho' (Motozintleco) and a traditional médico. A GPS unit was used to plot the points of the locations of the various herbs during this season. Please note that the names of the herbs are in Mocho' on the map. To view the Spanish names, images of the herbs, and a list of usages for traditional Mocho' medicine, please right click on the point and view "What's this?".
According to Palosaari, the Mocho' complex belongs to the Greater Q'anjob'alan branch of the Mayan language family and constitutes a branch of the Q'anjob'alan subgroup, related most closely to Jacalteko, Akateko, and Q'anjobal, and more distantly to Chuj and Tojolab'al. There are fewer than 30 Mocho' speakers who are between the ages of 65-85.