{"id":2040,"date":"2017-04-03T13:44:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T13:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.americanlinguistics.org\/?page_id=2040"},"modified":"2017-04-04T13:54:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T13:54:31","slug":"ayapanec-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.americanlinguistics.org\/?page_id=2040","title":{"rendered":"Ayapanec 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yomi Ndxe’ Gwo’nh<\/em> \u2018Fish Woman\u2019<\/div>\n
told by Isidro Vel\u00e1squez M\u00e9ndez<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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Daniel F. Suslak<\/div>\n
Indiana University<\/div>\n
The Ayapanec tale Yomi Ndxe\u2019 Gwon\u2019nh<\/em> \u2018Fish Woman\u2019 was narrated by Isidro Vel\u00e1squez M\u00e9ndez in San Crist\u00f3bal de las Casas during a summer 2002 fieldwork session for the Project for the Documentation of the Languages of Mesoamerica. Don Isidro was born in 1942 and raised in an Ayapanec-speaking household. According to Isidro, this is a true story that was told to him by his grandfather when he was a child. This narrative, like many of the stories Isidro recounts, helps to explain why there is so much poverty in Ayapa today. You can hear the resignation in his voice, but his sly sense of humor also shines through.<\/div>\n
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