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Arte da Lingua Malabar, a sixteenth-century grammar of Tamil written in Portuguese by a Jesuit missionary, reflects the first linguistic contact between India and the West. This English translation by Jeanne Hein and V. S. Rajam also includes analysis of the grammar and a description of the political context in which it was written.

The Earliest Missionary Grammar of Tamil

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: 26/08/2013
      ISBN13: 9780674727236, 978-0674727236
      ISBN10: 0674727231
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      Book Synopsis
      Arte da Lingua Malabar, a sixteenth-century grammar of Tamil written in Portuguese by a Jesuit missionary, reflects the first linguistic contact between India and the West. This English translation by Jeanne Hein and V. S. Rajam also includes analysis of the grammar and a description of the political context in which it was written.

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