Andrés de Olmos

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Andrés de Olmos was a 16th-century Franciscan friar and linguist known for producing one of the earliest grammars and studies of the Nahuatl language in New Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Franciscan friar
Mesoamericanist
grammatian
human
linguist
missionary
activeIn New Spain NERFINISHED
contributedTo documentation of Nahuatl grammar
documentation of Nahuatl vocabulary
early colonial ethnography of New Spain
countryOfCitizenship Spain
era 16th century
familyName de Olmos NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Mesoamerican languages
Nahuatl language NERFINISHED
lexicography
missionary linguistics
givenName Andrés NERFINISHED
influenced colonial missionary linguistics in the Americas
later Nahuatl grammarians
knownFor earliest grammar of Nahuatl
early study of Nahuatl in New Spain
missionary work among indigenous peoples of New Spain
languageWritten Classical Nahuatl NERFINISHED
Latin NERFINISHED
Spanish
notableWork Arte de la lengua mexicana NERFINISHED
Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana NERFINISHED
Tratado de hechicerías y sortilegios NERFINISHED
Vocabulario en lengua mexicana NERFINISHED
occupation ethnographer
friar
grammarian
linguist
missionary
philologist
priest
regionOfActivity Gulf Coast of New Spain NERFINISHED
central Mexico
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
religiousOrder Order of Friars Minor NERFINISHED
studied indigenous customs in New Spain
indigenous religions in New Spain
wroteAbout witchcraft and sorcery in New Spain

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Classical Nahuatl documentedBy Andrés de Olmos