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1 online resource. This manuscript, by an unknown author probably writing at one or several Catholic missions in the 18th century, was found at the College for the Propagation of the Faith in Popayán, New Granada (the Spanish viceroyalty that comprised all or parts of present-day Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela). It consists of 103 pages, most of which are taken up by a glossary of words in the Siona indigenous language with their Spanish equivalents. This part of the work is organized in columns, with the Siona words on the left and their Spanish equivalent on the right, separated by an equal sign. Starting on page 83 are 18 pages of the catechism in Siona, written as a means of indoctrination into the faith, with some concluding pages of further vocabulary. Siona is a Western Tukanoan language, today spoken by only about 550 people in Colombia and Ecuador, making this an important historical record of an endangered language. The manuscript, which is preserved in the National Library of Colombia, has no title page and is in poor condition, with spotting and ink on the reverse of the pages showing through. Another difficulty is presented by the author's use of some phonetic symbols that have not been definitively interpreted. Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Original resource extent: 121 pages, bound ; 16 centimeters. Original resource at: National Library of Colombia. Content in Siona and Spanish. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 1600 to 1699 Catholic Church--Missions Indigenous peoples Missionaries Prayers Sioni language Colombia Ecuador Panama Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 413 498 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.8987 2021667795 DLC 210525 20250607105741.6 22061663 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng