Francisco Varo's Grammar of the Mandarin Language (1703): An English Translation of `Arte de la Lengua Mandarina'. with an Introduction by Sandra Breitenbach
Francisco Varo's Grammar of the Mandarin Language (1703): An English Translation of `Arte de la Lengua Mandarina'. with an Introduction by Sandra Breitenbach
This text is the English translation of one of the earliest known descriptive grammars of Mandarin, the language of Chinese officialdom. It was written by Francisco Varo, a Dominican missionary among the first wave of Christians to penetrate into China.
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This text is the English translation of one of the earliest known descriptive grammars of Mandarin, the language of Chinese officialdom. It was written by Francisco Varo, a Dominican missionary among the first wave of Christians to penetrate into China.
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