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[CAULIER, L'ABBÉ], Catéchisme abrégé en la langue de Madagascar, pour instruire sommairement ces peuples, les inviter et les disposer au Baptême.
[Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Propag. Fide, 1785]. First edition. Small 8vo. 28 pp. Recent morocco backed boards, a.e.g. ¶ Early and important text in tracing the evolution of the Malagasy language: the author notes that correct pronunciation of the language of Madagascar, "which one could write properly only in the Arabic alphabet," demands special orthography and attentive reading. it was not until 1823, with the work of British misssionaries, that a standard orthography began to evolve
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