Bernardo de Lugo

Fray Bernardo de Lugo (born late 16th century, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish Neogranadine linguist, friar and writer.

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] Little is known about the life of Bernardo de Lugo, born late in the sixteenth century in the New Kingdom of Granada, where he became a Dominican friar.

On August 1, 1617, friar Gabriel Giménez send him an omission to write a book on the Chibcha language and grammar.

[10] The language institute of the Universidad Santo Tomás in Bogotá has been named honouring Bernardo de Lugo[11]