Arte Malavar, or Grammar of the Malabar (Grantham) language

Material Information

Title:
Arte Malavar, or Grammar of the Malabar (Grantham) language
Translated Title:
ஆர்டே மலாவர், அல்லது மலபார் மொழியின் இலக்கணம் ( Tamil )
ആർട്ടെ മലവർ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മലബാർ ഭാഷയുടെ വ്യാകരണം ( Malayalam )
Creator:
Arṇṇōs Pādr̲i, -1732 ( Author, Primary )
Arnnos Padri, -1732
അർ‌ണ്ണോസ് പാതിരി, -1732
அர்னோஸ் பூசாரிகள், -1732
Place of Publication:
[s.l.]
Publisher:
[manuscript]
Publication Date:
Language:
Portuguese
Tamil
Malayalam
Physical Description:
28 ff

Notes

General Note:
Perhaps the work of Father Johann Ernst Hanxleden (1681-1732) missionary S.J., who is known to have written a grammar of Malayalam
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Arṇṇōs Pādr̲i, -1732 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/74684915
General Note:
Johann Ernst Hanxleden was also known as Arṇṇōs Pādr̲i
General Note:
Formerly part of the library of the Orientalist and linguist William Marsden (1754-1836), a portion of which he presented to King's College London in 1835
General Note:
A selection of William Marsden's manuscript collection was transferred from King's College London to SOAS shortly after the School's foundation in 1916
General Note:
Bound with Batîs Pûtrîka [MS 12873]
Citation/Reference:
Veermeer, Hans J. and Angelika Morath. A Sumario de Arte Malavar : the first European Tamil grammar. (Heidelberg : Heidelberg, 1982)
General Note:
Malabari is a term used for Indians originating from the Malabar region. The term was also applied by the Dutch to designate Tamils of Sri Lanka during the colonial days
General Note:
Lingua Malabar Tamul or simply Malabar Tamil is a variant of Tamil language promoted by European Missionaries in present-day Kerala before they started promoting Malayalam language among newly converted Christians. Malabar Tamil differs significantly from standard Tamil in its selection of vocabulary. -- Wikipedia
General Note:
The Library of Congress classes the Malabar language as Malayalam.

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SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
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Resource Identifier:
MS 12874 ( SOAS manuscript number )