Antoon Postma

Antoon Postma (28 March 1929 – 22 October 2016)[1] 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.

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.



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