langs: 14 апреля [ru] / april 14 [en] / 14. april [de] / 14 avril [fr] / 14 aprile [it] / 14 de abril [es]
days: april 11 / april 12 / april 13 / april 14 / april 15 / april 16 / april 17
#1 N'Ko script
N'Ko ( N'Ko : ߒߞߏ ) is a script devised by Solomana Kante in 1949, as a modern writing system for the Mandé languages of West Africa . [1] [2] The term N'Ko , which means I say in all Mandé languages, is also used for the Mandé literary standard written in N'Ko script. Alphabet for the Manding langu
#1 German language in the United States
Over 50 million Americans claim German ancestry , which makes them the largest single claimed ancestry group in the United States. Around 1.06 million people in the United States speak the German language at home. [6] It is the second most spoken language in North Dakota (1.39% of its population) [7
Maldivian , [1] also known by its endonym Dhivehi [2] or Divehi [3] [4] ( / d ɪ ˈ v eɪ h i / di- VAY -hee ; [5] Dhivehi: ދިވެހި , Dhivehi pronunciation: [diˈʋehi] ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the South Asian island country of Maldives [6] and on Minicoy Island , Lakshadweep , union terri
Tetum ( Portuguese : Tétum [ˈt̪ɛt̪ũ] , [3] Tetum : Tetun [ˈt̪et̪un̪] ) is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Timor . It is spoken in Belu Regency in Indonesian West Timor , and across the border in East Timor , where it is one of the two official languages . Austronesian language spoke
Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov ( Russian : Константи́н Никола́евич Ба́тюшков , IPA: [kənstɐnʲˈtʲin nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈbatʲʊʂkəf] ( listen ) ; 29 May [ O.S. 18 May ] 1787 – 19 July [ O.S. 7 July ] 1855 ) was a Russian poet , essayist and translator of the Romantic era . He also serv
Claude Lévi-Strauss ( / k l ɔː d ˈ l eɪ v i ˈ s t r aʊ s / , [2] French: [klod levi stʁos] ; 28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009) [3] [4] [5] was a French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology . [6] He held
Abdurrahman Sharafkandi , known by his pen name Hazhar or Hajar ( Kurdish : Hejar , ههژار ; Persian : هژار Hazhar ) (April 13, 1921 – February 21, 1991), was a renowned Kurdish writer, poet, lexicographer, linguist, and translator, from Iran . Some sources of Sharafkandi birthplace have been mentio
Georgiy Ruslanovych Gongadze [lower-alpha 1] (21 May 1969 – 17 September 2000) [1] was a Georgian - Ukrainian journalist and film director who was kidnapped and murdered in 2000 near Kyiv. He founded the internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda along with Olena Prytula in 2000. Georgian-born Ukrainian jo
Gheorghe Asachi ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe aˈsaki] , surname also spelled Asaki ; 1 March 1788 – 12 November 1869) was a Moldavian , later Romanian prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist and translator. An Enlightenment -educated polymath and polyglot , he was one of the most i
Carl Hugo Hahn (1818–1895) was a Baltic German missionary and linguist who worked in South Africa and South-West Africa for most of his life. Together with Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt , he set up the first Rhenish mission station to the Herero people in Gross Barmen . Hahn is known for his scientifi
#7 Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky [lower-alpha 1] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist , philosopher, cognitive scientist , historical essayist, [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] social critic , and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", [lower-alpha 4] Chomsky is also a
Solomon Juryevich (correct: Uravich) Adlivankin ( Russian: Соломóн Ю́рьевич (correct: У́равич) Адливáнкин , Russian pronunciation: [səlɐˈmon ˈurʲɪvʲɪtɕ ɐdʲlʲɪˈvankʲɪn] ) was a Soviet linguist , the Dean of philological faculty at Perm State University (1967–1971), the author of handbooks on Old Sl
#9 Noah Webster
Noah Webster Jr. (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer , textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer , political writer , editor, and author. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education". His "Blue-backed Speller" books taught five generati
#10 Denis Fonvizin
Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin ( Russian : Денис Иванович Фонвизин ; 14 April [ O.S. 3 April ] 1745 — 12 December [ O.S. 1 December ] 1792 ) was a playwright and writer of the Russian Enlightenment , one of the founders of literary comedy in Russia. His main works are two satirical comedies, one o
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan ( Armenian : Հովհաննես Հովհաննիսյան , 26 April [ O.S. 14 April ] 1864 – 29 September 1929) was an Armenian poet, linguist, translator and educator. He was a key contributor to the Ashkharabar (Modern Armenian) literature movement and a promoter of literacy in Armenia. [1]
#12 Eladio Rodríguez
Eladio Rodríguez González (July 27, 1864 – April 14, 1949) was a Galician language poet and author associated with the Galicia region of Spain . In 2001, he was honored in the Galician Literature Day . Galician writer This article is about a poet and author (1864-1949). For the Dominican baseball pl
#13 L. L. Zamenhof
L. L. Zamenhof [lower-alpha 1] (15 December 1859 – 14 April 1917) [lower-alpha 2] was an ophthalmologist who lived for most of his life in Warsaw . He is best known as the creator of Esperanto , the most widely used constructed international auxiliary language . [1] [2] Inventor of the internation
#14 Milan Jesih
Milan Jesih (born April 14, 1950) is a Slovene poet , playwright , and translator . He was the president of the Slovene Writers' Association between 2009 and 2011. [1] Slovene poet, playwright, and translator (born 1950) Milan Jesih Born April 14, 1950 Ljubljana , Socialist Federal Republic of Yugos
#15 Charles Bromby
Charles Henry Bromby (11 July 1814 – 14 April 1907) was the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania from 1864 to 1882. For the 19th century Tasmanian Attorney-General, see Charles Hamilton Bromby .
Henry Joseph Monk Mason (15 July 1778 – 14 April 1858) was an Irish writer who, although not a native speaker, specialised in Irish-language activities. He was a founder of The Irish Society , dedicated to spreading the Scripture in Irish, and a campaigner for prison reform. Henry Joseph Monk Mason
Frans (Camille Cornelis) Van Coetsem [1] (April 14, 1919 – February 11, 2002) was a Belgian ( Flemish ) linguist . After an academic career in Flanders and the Netherlands he was appointed professor at Cornell University in 1968, and consequently he emigrated to the US, where, after a few years, he
#18 Roger Brown (psychologist)
Roger William Brown (April 14, 1925 – December 11, 1997) was an American psychologist . He was known for his work in social psychology and in children's language development. American social psychologist (1925-1997) For other people named Roger Brown, see Roger Brown (disambiguation) . Roger Brown B
Mikayel Nalbandian [lower-alpha 1] ( Armenian : Միքայել Նալբանդյան ; 14 November [ O.S. 2 November ] 1829 – 12 April [ O.S. 31 March ] 1866 ) was an Armenian writer, poet, political theorist and activist . Armenian writer (1829–1866) Mikayel Nalbandian Born 14 November [ O.S. 2 November]