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A Portugese contribution to Tamil
by Guest Tue Mar 12, 2013 5:02 pm
We are happy to announce a new volume of the Harvard Oriental Series (vol.76):
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Jeanne Hein & V.S. Rajam
The Earliest Missionary Grammar of Tamil.
Fr. Henriques' Arte da Lingua Malabar:
Translation, History and Analysis
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This grammar represents the spoken language of the South Indian Paravar fisher
community of the mid-16th century. It uses Latin grammatical categories to
describe the 16th century Tamil. H. Henriques' effort shows how Tamil was heard
and written by a 16th century Portuguese.
The original was written in an older form of Portuguese in southern Tamil Nadu
in 1549. The co-authors, Jeanne Hein and V.S. Rajam, have translated the Arte
Da Lingua Malabar into English. They have also given the political context for
the grammar and a brief analysis of it.
We are grateful that the long-expected translation and study can now be issued,
due to the passionate and sustained efforts of V.S. Rajam, who has edited and
completed this work that had for long been left unfinished due to Jeanne Hein’s
illness.
The book will be released in a week or two.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Jeanne Hein & V.S. Rajam
The Earliest Missionary Grammar of Tamil.
Fr. Henriques' Arte da Lingua Malabar:
Translation, History and Analysis
---------------------------------------------------------------
This grammar represents the spoken language of the South Indian Paravar fisher
community of the mid-16th century. It uses Latin grammatical categories to
describe the 16th century Tamil. H. Henriques' effort shows how Tamil was heard
and written by a 16th century Portuguese.
The original was written in an older form of Portuguese in southern Tamil Nadu
in 1549. The co-authors, Jeanne Hein and V.S. Rajam, have translated the Arte
Da Lingua Malabar into English. They have also given the political context for
the grammar and a brief analysis of it.
We are grateful that the long-expected translation and study can now be issued,
due to the passionate and sustained efforts of V.S. Rajam, who has edited and
completed this work that had for long been left unfinished due to Jeanne Hein’s
illness.
The book will be released in a week or two.
Guest- Guest
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