Question

Mention any two steps taken by the Christian missionaries to spread the belief of Christianity through language and literature.

Answer 1

1. The missionaries in order to understand and be understood by the Indian people brought out grammars and dictionaries of the Indian languages.
2. St. Francis Xavier learned the language of Malabar and brought out a manual of grammar and vocabulary which helped the Jesuits and other missionaries to learn the language of the people of Malabar.