langs: 19 апреля [ru] / april 19 [en] / 19. april [de] / 19 avril [fr] / 19 aprile [it] / 19 de abril [es]
days: april 16 / april 17 / april 18 / april 19 / april 20 / april 21 / april 22
Kusunda or Kusanda ( endonym Mihaq Kusunda: [miɦjɑːk] ( listen ) ) is a language isolate spoken by a few among the Kusunda people in western and central Nepal . As of 2022, it only has a single fluent speaker, although there are efforts underway to keep the language alive. [2] Endangered language
#2 Latin
Latin ( lingua Latīna , [ˈlɪŋɡʷa laˈtiːna] or Latīnum , [laˈtiːnʊ̃] ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages . Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium ) around present-day Rome , [2] but through the power of t
Ainu ( アイヌ・イタㇰ , Ainu-itak ) or more precisely Hokkaido Ainu , is a language spoken by a few elderly members of the Ainu people on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido . It is a member of the Ainu language family , itself considered a language family isolate with no academic consensus of origin.
#1 Peter Dronke
Ernst Peter Michael Dronke FBA (30 May 1934 – 19 April 2020) was a scholar specialising in Medieval Latin literature . He was one of the 20th century's leading scholars of medieval Latin lyric , and his book The Medieval Lyric (1968) is considered the standard introduction to the subject. German lit
Snježana Kordić ( pronounced [sɲěʒana kôːrditɕ] ( listen ) ; born 29 October 1964) [1] is a Croatian linguist . [3] In addition to her work in syntax , she has written on sociolinguistics . [2] Kordić is known among non-specialists for numerous articles against the puristic and prescriptive langua
Sejong of Joseon (15 May 1397 – 8 April 1450), personal name Yi Do ( Korean : 이도; Hanja : 李祹), widely known as Sejong the Great ( Korean : 세종대왕; Hanja : 世宗大王), was the fourth ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea . Initially titled Grand Prince Chungnyeong ( Korean : 충녕대군; Hanja : 忠寧大君), he was born
Jussi Kristian Halla-aho (born 27 April 1971) is a Finnish politician who has served as a member of the Parliament of Finland from 2011 to 2014 and again since 2019, and as the leader of the Finns Party from 10 June 2017 [2] to 14 August 2021. [3] Previously, between 2014 and 2019, he was a member o
Ignacy Tański (1761 – 15 August 1805) was a Polish official , playwright , poet , translator and freemason . Ignacy Tański Born 1761 Wyszogród Died ( 1805-08-15 ) 15 August 1805 Izdebno Kościelne Occupation official playwright poet translator Language Polish Nationality Polish Period 18th and 19th
Gloria Gervitz (29 March 1943 – 19 April 2022) was a Mexican poet and translator of Ukrainian Jewish descent. Mexican poet and translator (1943–2022) Gloria Gervitz Gervitz in 2018 Born ( 1943-03-29 ) 29 March 1943 Mexico City , Mexico Died 19 April 2022 (2022-04-19) (aged 79) Occupation Poet, tra
Vsevolod Fyodorovich Miller ( Russian : Все́волод Фёдорович Ми́ллер ) (7 April ( N.S. 19 April) 1848, Moscow – 5 November (N.S. 18 November) 1913, Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian philologist , folklorist , linguist , anthropologist , archaeologist , and academician of the Petersburg Academy of Scie
Herbert Pilch (13 February 1927 – 19 April 2018 [1] ) was a German linguist [2] and celtologist . He was a professor of English language and literature at the University of Freiburg . His contributions to linguistics included a theory of phonemes and studies of Basel German . His main work is the Ma
Ion Heliade Rădulescu or Ion Heliade (also known as Eliade or Eliade Rădulescu ; Romanian pronunciation: [ˈi.on heliˈade rəduˈlesku] ; January 6, 1802 – April 27, 1872) was a Wallachian , later Romanian academic, Romantic and Classicist poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper ed
Leonard Bloomfield (April 1, 1887 – April 18, 1949) was an American linguist who led the development of structural linguistics in the United States during the 1930s and the 1940s. He is considered to be the father of American distributionalism . [3] [4] His influential textbook Language , published
#11 Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [ OS 7 September] – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson , was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic , biographer, editor and lexicographer . He was a devout Anglican , [1] and a committed Tory . T
#12 Andrew Carnie
Andrew Carnie (born April 19, 1969) is a Canadian professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona . [1] He is the author or coauthor of eight books and has papers published on formal syntactic theory and on linguistic aspects of Scottish Gaelic and the Irish language . He was born in Calgary,
#13 Asa Bowen Smith
Asa Bowen Smith , also known as A.B. Smith (July 16, 1809 – February 10, 1886), was a Congregational missionary posted in Oregon Country and Hawaii with his wife Sarah Gilbert White Smith. In 1840, Smith wrote the manuscript for the book Grammar of the Language of the Nez Perces Indians Formerly of
#14 Einar Haugen
Einar Ingvald Haugen ( / ˈ h aʊ ɡ ən / ; April 19, 1906 – June 20, 1994) was an American linguist , writer, and professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard University . [1] American linguist Einar Haugen Born Einar Ingvald Haugen ( 1906-04-19 ) April 19, 1906 Sioux City, Iowa , U.S. Die
#15 Robert Maunsell
Robert Maunsell (24 October 1810 – 19 April 1894) was a New Zealand missionary, linguist and translator. He was born in Milford, near Limerick , Ireland on 24 October 1810. [1] [2] Irish-born New Zealand missionary, linguist and translator (1810–1894) See also: New Zealand Church Missionary Society
#16 S. Ramesan Nair
S. Ramesan Nair (3 May 1948 – 18 June 2021) was an Indian lyricist and poet who worked predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. Over his career he wrote songs for over 170 films and over 3,000 devotional songs outside of the films. He debuted with the movie Pathamudhayam in 1985. He was a recip
Harry Alvin Duncan (19 April 1916 Keokuk, Iowa – 18 April 1997 Omaha, Nebraska ) was a hand-press printer, author, librettist, translator, and publisher under his imprint the Cummington Press. He was known for publishing early works by Robert Lowell , Tennessee Williams , Wallace Stevens , Allen Tat
#18 Mose Janashvili
Mose Janashvili ( Georgian : მოსე ჯანაშვილი ) (19 March 1855 – 19 April 1934) was a Georgian historian, ethnographer, and linguist. He was born into a Georgian Ingilo community at Qakh (now Azerbaijan ). Educated at Tbilisi and Kutaisi , he worked as a teacher for several years, from 1875 to 1920, a
#19 Ellen Uuspõld
Ellen Uuspõld (19 April 1927 – 7 June 2019) was an Estonian linguist. [1] Estonian linguist (1927–2019) In 1953 she graduated from Tartu University in Estonian philology. Since 1967 she taught at the University of Tartu . From 1980 until 1983, she taught the Estonian language at Tampere University .
#20 Judah A. Joffe
Judah Achilles Joffe (April 19, 1873 – September 16, 1966; [1] Yiddish : יאפע, יהודה ) was a Yiddish philologist. [2] Ukrainian-American Yiddish philologist Joffe was born in Yekaterinoslav , Russian Empire (now Dnipro, Ukraine). He immigrated to the United States in 1891 and enrolled at Columbia Co