Otto Stoll was a Swiss linguist and ethnologist.

Otto Stoll was a professor of ethnology

Ethnology

Ethnology is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of humanity.-Scientific discipline:Compared to ethnography, the study of single groups through direct...

 and geography

Geography

Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...

 at the University of Zurich

University of Zurich

The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy....

 who specialized in research of Mayan languages

Mayan languages

The Mayan languages form a language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America. Mayan languages are spoken by at least 6 million indigenous Maya, primarily in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Honduras...

. From 1878 to 1883 he conducted scientific studies in Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

, and was the author of several treatises on Guatemala, including important works in the fields on ethnography

Ethnography

Ethnography is a qualitative method aimed to learn and understand cultural phenomena which reflect the knowledge and system of meanings guiding the life of a cultural group...

 and ethno-linguistics.

Publications

• Zur Ethnographie der Republik Guatemala (Ethnography of the Republic of Guatemala), 1884
• Guatemala: Reisen und Schilderungen aus den Jahren 1878–1883 (Guatemala: Travel and Descriptions from the Years 1878-1883), 1886
• Biologia Centrali-Americana/ Arachnida– Acaridea, 1886–1893
• Die Sprache der Ixil-Indianer: ein Beitrag zur Ethnologie und Linguistik der Maya-Völker (The Language of the Ixil people
  Ixil people
  Ixil is the name of a Mayan people in Guatemala. The Ixil live in three municipalities in the Cuchumatanes mountains in the northern part of the department El Quiché...
  
  : A Contribution to Anthropology
  Anthropology
  Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
  
   and Linguistics of the Mayan peoples), 1887
• Die Sprache der Ixil-Indianer/ Nebst einem Anhang/ Wortverzeichnisse aus dem nordwestlichen Guatemala, 1887
• Suggestion und Hypnotismus in der Völkerpsychologie (Suggestion and Hypnotism in Ethnic Psychology), 1894
• Zur Zoogeographie der landbewohnenden Wirbellosen (Zoogeography
  Zoogeography
  Zoogeography is the branch of the science of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of animal species.-External links:*: A course outline and collection of Web resources by Dr. Taylor, UBC...
  
   of Terrestrial Invertebrates), 1897
• Das Geschlechtsleben in der Völkerpsychologie, (Sex Life in Ethnic Psychology), 1908
• Zur Kenntnis des Zauberglaubens der Volksmagie und Volksmedizin in der Schweiz (Information concerning the Fascination with Folk Magic and Medicine
  Folk medicine
  -Description:Refers to healing practices and ideas of body physiology and health preservation known to a limited segment of the population in a culture, transmitted informally as general knowledge, and practiced or applied by anyone in the culture having prior experience.All cultures and societies...
  
  in Switzerland), 1909

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