Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi (1740–1792) was a distinguished Italian philologist who flourished during the latter half of the eighteenth century.

He was superintendent of the press connected with the Propaganda college

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 at Rome

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, professor of Greek at the University of Rome La Sapienza

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, and was the means of giving the world several fragments of ancient authors.

He also wrote the preface to Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum

Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum

Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum is a book on the grammar of the South Indian Malayalam language, published in 1772 at the printing press of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in Rome. It is believed to be the first book on Malayalam printed in Europe...

, a book on the grammar of the South Indian Malayalam language, published in 1772.

Further reading

• Montanari, Antonio. "Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi e la scuola di Iano Planco". Riministoria.