Francisco Varo's Grammar of the Mandarin Language (1703): An English Translation of 'Arte De LA Lengua Mandarina'

Studies in the History of the Language Sciences #93

by W. South Coblin, Joseph Abraham Levi, W. South Coblin

This text is the English translation of one of the earliest known descriptive grammars of Mandarin, the language of Chinese officialdom. It was written by Francisco Varo, a Dominican missionary among the first wave of Christians to penetrate into China.

336 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1999