IF WE TRAVELED BACK IN TIME TO MANILA IN 1593 COULD WE BE UNDERSTOOD SPEAKING IN 2021 FILIPINO?

Preserved in the Lessing J...

IF WE TRAVELED BACK IN TIME TO MANILA IN 1593 COULD WE BE UNDERSTOOD SPEAKING IN 2021 FILIPINO?

Preserved in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. is one of the first known books printed in the Philippines: Doctrina Christiana en Lengua española y tagala... (Manila, 1593). It is the only copy in the universe. What makes it all the more special is that it is the earliest (16th century) source showing the baybayin.
Like the Rosetta Stone that unlock...
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