• Source: Antoon Postma

Antoon Postma (Hanunó'o: ᜠᜨ᜴ᜦᜳᜨ᜴ ᜩᜳᜰ᜴ᜦ᜴ᜫ Buhid: ᝀᝈ᜔ᝆᝓᝈ᜔ ᝉᝓᝐ᜔ᝆ᜔ᝋ) (28 March 1929 – 22 October 2016) was a Dutch anthropologist who married into and lived among the Hanunuo, a Mangyan sub-tribe in southeastern Mindoro, Philippines. He is best known for being the first to decipher the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, and for documenting the Hanunó'o script, paving the way for its preservation and understanding.




Sources



Santos, Hector (1995). "Sulat sa Tanso: Antoon Postma's Translation". A Philippine Leaf. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
Sta. Maria, Dina (2009). "Bapa Antoon". Starweek Magazine. The Philippine STAR. Retrieved 2011-02-05.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Prasasti Keping Tembaga Laguna
• Aksara Hanunó'o
• Antoon Postma
• Postma
• Tondo (historical polity)
• Laguna Copperplate Inscription
• Hanunoo script
• Religion in pre-colonial Philippines
• History of the Philippines (900–1565)
• Tondo, Manila
• Mataram kingdom
• Pulilan