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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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