Alonso de Molina
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Alonso de Molina was a 16th-century Franciscan friar and linguist renowned for compiling some of the earliest and most influential grammars and dictionaries of the Nahuatl language.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Franciscan friar
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grammatian ⓘ human ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ linguist ⓘ missionary ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nahua people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 16th century ⓘ |
| contributedTo | documentation of Nahuatl language ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Renaissance ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Nahuatl linguistics
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missionary linguistics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
dictionary
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grammar ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| impact |
preserved extensive Nahuatl vocabulary
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standardized colonial written Nahuatl ⓘ |
| influenced |
colonial-era missionary linguistics
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later Nahuatl lexicography ⓘ |
| languageOfStudy | Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageWritten |
Nahuatl
NERFINISHED
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Spanish ⓘ |
| name | Alonso de Molina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notability |
compiled one of the earliest dictionaries of Nahuatl
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compiled one of the earliest grammars of Nahuatl ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Arte de la lengua mexicana y castellana
NERFINISHED
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Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana NERFINISHED ⓘ Vocabulario en lengua mexicana y castellana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Franciscan friar
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grammatian ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ linguist ⓘ missionary ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAudienceOfWorks | Spanish missionaries in New Spain ⓘ |
| primarySubjectOfWorks | Nahuatl language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfWork | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| religiousOrder | Order of Friars Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInSociety | intermediary between Spanish missionaries and Nahuatl speakers ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly studies on colonial Nahuatl linguistics ⓘ |
| usedFor | evangelization in New Spain ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsed | Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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