Contrary to popular belief the Spanish friars did not destroy all of native Phil...

Contrary to popular belief the Spanish friars did not destroy all of native Philippine culture, some of that culture especially languages were preserved by them. The earliest Tagalog dictionary was compiled by the Franciscan friar Pedro de San Buenaventura and published in Pilar, Laguna in 1613. For many years the only copy known to scholars was in the British Library in London until a more complete copy was found in Spain and reprinted by a company that specializes in rare and obscure books. You cannot imagine how much history lies untapped in language, in dictionaries.


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