Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum

Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum

"Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum" is a book on the grammar of the South Indian Malayalam language, published in 1772 at the printing press of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in Rome. It is believed to be the first book on Malayalam printed in Europe. The "Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum" focuses on the pronunciation of the Malayalam alphabet with many examples in Malayalam characters and includes some remarks on general characteristics of the grammar. At the end, there are also some short Malayalam sentences of a religious nature such as the ten commandments.

The preface was written by Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi, an Italian philologist. The types for the Dravidian script were prepared by Clemente Peani. Amaduzzi supervised the publication of a series of grammars of Oriental languages at the printing press of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in Rome. In addition to the "Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum" the series comprised, among others, grammars of Burmese, Hindustani, Armenian, Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew, Ethiopic (both Ge'ez and Amharic), Bulgarian etc. "Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum" was reprinted several times.

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* http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/rarebooks/semeiology/palaeography.html


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