THE SEARCH FOR HUMAN INTEGRATION OF INDIANS IN THE FIRST GRAMMAR OF QUECHUA LANGUAGE

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.828132512066

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• Keywords: Indian languages, grammars, Indians, Anthropology, 16 th century

• Abstract: The heated discussion regarding the human status of South American Indians and their aptitude for conversion to Christianity (which pitted 16 th century European thinkers against one another) was greatly enriched by the publication of the first Indian language grammars, revealing that these languages were not inferior to Latin or European modern languages. In this regard, the work of Friar Domingos de Santo Thomas, author of the first grammar of Quechua, was extremely important.