Domingo de Santo Tomás
Spanish Dominican missionary, bishop, and grammarian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fray Domingo de Santo Tomás, O.P. (1499 – December 1570) was a Spanish Dominican missionary, bishop, and grammarian in the Viceroyalty of Peru. He compiled the first Quechua language grammar and dictionary, both published in 1560.
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Most Reverend Domingo de Santo Tomás | |
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Bishop of La Plata o Charcas | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Diocese of La Plata o Charcas |
In office | 1562–1570 |
Predecessor | Fernando González de la Cuesta |
Successor | Fernando Santillana Figueroa |
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Consecration | 26 Dec 1562 by Jerónimo de Loaysa |
Personal details | |
Born | 1499 |
Died | December 1570 (age 71) La Plata (Sucre) |
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His grammar contained also the earliest known Quechua written text, as a catechetic appendix, and the first known linguistic description of clusivity.[1]