<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi, Dave,<br><br></div>Padre José de Anchieta, who wrote the
first grammar of a Brazilian language (his 'Arte' of Tupinambá or Old
Tupí, published in 1595), received similar homages on both sides of the
Atlantic. Coins in his homage were coined both in Portugal and Brazil (<a href="http://www.etnolinguistica.org/anchieta" target="_blank">http://www.etnolinguistica.org/anchieta</a>);
June 9th, the day of his death, is commemorated as "Anchieta Day" in
Brazil (neither an official or widely popular holiday, though).<br>
<br>I wouldn't be surprised if similar homages have been paid to other
colonial missionary linguists (mostly Jesuits, as Anchieta) in countries
such as Paraguay, Mexico, Peru, etc.<br><br></div><div>Unlike
Agricola's work, Anchieta's didn't result in widespread literacy among
the native speakers. The language, which played an important role in
the initial colonization of Brazil, would gradually die out (although
one of its descendents, Nheengatú, survives to this day: <a href="http://www.etnolinguistica.org/lingua:nheengatu" target="_blank">http://www.etnolinguistica.org/lingua:nheengatu</a>).<br>
</div><div><br></div>Tudo de bom,<br><br>Eduardo</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Dave Sayers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:D.Sayers@swansea.ac.uk" target="_blank">D.Sayers@swansea.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Gazing out of my window at Turku Cathedral has taken on a new meaning. I just learnt that today<br>
Finland commemorates the founder of the written Finnish language (and Bishop of Turku), Mikael Agricola.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Agricola" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Agricola</a><br>
<a href="http://www.finnguide.fi/calendar/calendarevents.asp?month=4&p=25" target="_blank">http://www.finnguide.fi/calendar/calendarevents.asp?month=4&p=25</a><br>
<br>
He also has his own commemorative €10 coin! <a href="http://goo.gl/3owiL" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/3owiL</a><br>
<br>
I'm only in Finland for a year, so I often feel like a bit of a tourist stumbling over this sort of<br>
information. Do any other linguistic scholars around the world have their own day and/or coin??<br>
<br>
Dave<br>
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--<br>
Dr. Dave Sayers<br>
Honorary Research Fellow, Arts & Humanities, Swansea University<br>
Visiting Lecturer (2012-2013), Dept English, Åbo Akademi University<br>
MA Dissertation Advisor, Laureate Online Education & University of Liverpool<br>
<a href="mailto:dave.sayers@cantab.net">dave.sayers@cantab.net</a><br>
<a href="http://swansea.academia.edu/DaveSayers" target="_blank">http://swansea.academia.edu/DaveSayers</a><br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Eduardo Rivail Ribeiro, lingüista<br><a href="http://etnolinguistica.org/perfil:9" target="_blank">http://etnolinguistica.org/perfil:9</a>
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