TIME TRAVEL through history.
If you were transported in time to 1521 Cebu or Mactan would you be able to communicate? Or as...
TIME TRAVEL through history.
If you were transported in time to 1521 Cebu or Mactan would you be able to communicate? Or as a 21st century Tagalog-speaker would you need an interpreter?
Of the three extant French manuscripts of Antonio Pigafetta's chronicle of the Magellan Expedition, the most beautiful is that preserved in Yale University that has a list of words after Chapter 28 (aftermath of the Battle of Mactan) taken down by Pigafetta. I can make out: Coco, Pussud, Utin, Boto, Bil...
If you were transported in time to 1521 Cebu or Mactan would you be able to communicate? Or as a 21st century Tagalog-speaker would you need an interpreter?
Of the three extant French manuscripts of Antonio Pigafetta's chronicle of the Magellan Expedition, the most beautiful is that preserved in Yale University that has a list of words after Chapter 28 (aftermath of the Battle of Mactan) taken down by Pigafetta. I can make out: Coco, Pussud, Utin, Boto, Bil...
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