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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Alonso de Molina canonical 3

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

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Classical Nahuatl → documentedBy → Alonso de Molina ⓘ
Alonso de Molina → name → Alonso de Molina ⓘ