Bernardo de Lugo

Fray Bernardo de Lugo
Bornlate 16th century
New Kingdom of Granada
Died17th century
LanguageSpanish, Chibcha
SubjectChibcha, numerals
Notable workGramática en la lengua general del Nuevo Reyno, llamada mosca (1619)
Muisca numerals (1-10 and 20) in the Muisca script

Fray Bernardo de Lugo (born late 16th century, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish Neogranadine linguist, friar and writer. He has been an important contributor to the knowledge about the Chibcha language (also called "Muisca" or in its own language "Muysccubun") of the Muisca, having published the oldest surviving work on the language in 1619.[1]

Later linguists and chroniclers, such as Ezequiel Uricoechea, based their work on the texts of Bernardo de Lugo. Various modern scholars have reprinted the work or published reviews, among others Jorge Gamboa Mendoza (2010), Nicholas Ostler (1995) and Manuel Alvar (1977).[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ostler_p1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Gamboa Mendoza, 2010
  3. ^ Ostler, 1995
  4. ^ Alvar, 1977

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