Art of Grammar of the Most Used Language on the Coast of Brazil
1595 book by Joseph of Anchieta / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Art of Grammar of the Most Used Language on the Coast of Brazil (Portuguese: Arte de gramática da língua mais usada na costa do Brasil) is a book written in 1555[1] by Jesuit priest Joseph of Anchieta and first published in Portugal in the year 1595.[2]
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Author | Joseph of Anchieta |
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Original title | Arte de gramática da língua mais usada na costa do Brasil |
Country | Portugal |
Language | Portuguese |
Publication date | 1595 |
Original text | Arte de gramática da língua mais usada na costa do Brasil online |
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It is the first grammar of a Brazilian indigenous language—in this case, Old Tupi[3][4]—and the second one of an American indigenous language, following the grammar of Quechua by Domingo de Santo Tomás, published in 1560.[5] In 1874, the work was translated into German by linguist Julius Platzmann under the title Grammatik der brasilianischen Sprache, mit Zugrundelegung des Anchieta.[6] It is the only known translation of this book by Anchieta.[7]