langs: 4 апреля [ru] / april 4 [en] / 4. april [de] / 4 avril [fr] / 4 aprile [it] / 4 de abril [es]
days: april 1 / april 2 / april 3 / april 4 / april 5 / april 6 / april 7
The Cyrillic script ( / s ɪ ˈ r ɪ l ɪ k / sih- RIL -ik ), otherwise known as the Slavonic script or simply the Slavic script , is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia . It is the designated national script in various Slavic , Turkic , Mongolic , Uralic , Caucasian and Iranic -s
The Mon-Burmese script (မွန်မြန်မာအက္ခရာ)( listen ( help · info ) Mon : အက္ခရ်မန်ဗၟာ ) (also called the Mon script , Old Mon script and Burmese script ) is an abugida that derives from the Pallava Grantha script of southern India and later of Southeast Asia. It is the basis of the alphabets used f
The Early Cyrillic alphabet , also called classical Cyrillic or paleo-Cyrillic , is a writing system that was developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the late 9th century [3] [4] [5] on the basis of the Greek alphabet [6] [7] [8] for the Slavic people living near the Byzantine Empire in South
#1 Interslavic
Interslavic ( Medžuslovjansky / Меджусловјанскы ) is a pan-Slavic auxiliary language. Its purpose is to facilitate communication between representatives of different Slavic nations , as well as to allow people who do not know any Slavic language to communicate with Slavs by being understandable to m
Filipino ( English: / ˌ f ɪ l ɪ ˈ p iː n oʊ / ( listen ) ; [4] Wikang Filipino , [wɪˈkɐŋ ˌfiːliˈpiːno] ), is an Austronesian language . It is the national language ( Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika ) of the Philippines , and one of the two official languages of the country, with English . [5] It i
The Cari (occasionally "Kari"), Chariar or Sare language, also known as Aka-Cari , is an extinct Great Andamanese language, of the Northern group, which was spoken by the Cari people , one of a dozen Great Andamanese peoples . [2] [3] [4] Extinct Great Andamanese language Cari Sare Aka-Cari Native
Albanian ( endonym : shqipja [ʃcipja] or gjuha shqipe [ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ] ) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Albanians in the Balkans and by the Albanian diaspora , which is generally concentrated in the Americas , Europe and Oceania . [1] [9] With about 7.5 million speakers, [1] [2] it compris
Biate is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Biate people in several parts of Northeast India : in Meghalaya , Assam , Mizoram , Manipur and Tripura . [2] Biate is pronounced as Bia-te (the e in te pronounced as "a"). Biate Region India Ethnicity Biate Native speakers (19,000 cited 1997 ) (approxi
Russian Sign Language ( RSL ) is the sign language used by the Deaf community in Russia and possibly Ukraine, Belarus and Tajikistan. It belongs to the French Sign Language family . Sign language of the deaf community in Russia This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding
#7 Comparison of Danish, Norwegian and Swedish
Danish , Norwegian (including both written forms: Bokmål , the most common standard form; and Nynorsk ) and Swedish are all descended from Old Norse , the common ancestor of all North Germanic languages spoken today. Thus, they are closely related, and largely mutually intelligible . The largest dif
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
Rodney D. Huddleston (born 4 April 1937) is a British linguist and grammarian specializing in the study and description of English. British grammarian and linguist This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( June 2010 ) Huddleston is the primary author of The Ca
Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee CSI FRAS FRSE MRIA [1] [2] (anglicised, originally Asutosh Mukhopadhyay , [2] also anglicised to Asutosh Mookerjee ) (29 June 1864 – 25 May 1924) was a prolific Bengali educator, jurist, barrister and mathematician. He was the first student to be awarded a dual degree (MA in M
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
Frank Robert Palmer (9 April 1922 – 1 November 2019) was a British linguist who was instrumental in the development of the Department of Linguistic Science at the University of Reading . [1] British linguist (1922–2019) Frank R. Palmer Born Frank Robert Palmer ( 1922-04-09 ) 9 April 1922 England D
Jean Bassett Johnson (September 7, 1915 – April 4, 1944) was an American anthropologist and linguist who conducted field studies in Mexico during the 1930s and early 1940s. A doctoral candidate at the University of California, Berkeley , he was a student of Alfred Kroeber and Robert Lowie . American
Robert Anderson Hall Jr. (April 4, 1911 – December 2, 1997) was an American linguist and specialist in the Romance languages . He was a professor of Linguistics at Cornell University and the first president of The Wodehouse Society (US). American linguist This article is about the linguist. For th
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
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
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov ( / ˌ l ɒ m ə ˈ n ɒ s ɒ f / ; [1] Russian : Михаил (Михайло) Васильевич Ломоносов ; 19 November [ O.S. 8 November ] 1711 – 15 April [ O.S. 4 April ] 1765 ) was a Russian polymath , scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education,
#11 Semyon Lipkin
Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin ( Russian : Семён Израилевич Липкин ) (6 September (19, New Style ) 1911 – 31 March 2003) was a Russian writer, poet, and literary translator. This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove
Sándor Csoma de Kőrös ( Hungarian: [ˈʃaːndor ˈkøːrøʃi ˈt͡ʃomɒ] ; born Sándor Csoma ; 27 March 1784/8 [1] – 11 April 1842) was a Hungarian philologist and Orientalist, author of the first Tibetan – English dictionary and grammar book. He was called Phyi-glin-gi-grwa-pa in Tibetan, meaning " the f
#13 Futabatei Shimei
Futabatei Shimei ( 二葉亭 四迷 , 4 April 1864 – 10 May 1909) was a Japanese writer, translator, and literary critic. His writings are in the realist style popular in the mid to late 19th century. His work The Drifting Cloud ( Ukigumo , 1887) is widely regarded as Japan's first modern novel. This article
#14 Rudy Kousbroek
Herman Rudolf "Rudy" Kousbroek (1 November 1929 – 4 April 2010) was a Dutch poet, translator, writer and first of all essayist. He was a prominent figure in Dutch cultural life between 1950 and 2010 and one of the most outspoken atheists in the Netherlands. In 1975 he was awarded the P.C. Hooft Priz
William J. Gedney (born April 4, 1915 in Orchards, Washington ; died November 14, 1999 in Ann Arbor, Michigan ) was an American linguist and Southeast Asian language specialist. Gedney did extensive work relating to Tai historical linguistics . American linguist This article is about the linguist na
Bohuslav Havránek (January 30, 1893, Prague – March 2, 1978, Prague) was a Czech philologist , Bohemist , Slavist , literary historian and professor who was a prominent member of the Prague Linguistic Circle . Professor Bohuslav Havránek Born ( 1881-12-06 ) 6 December 1881 Prague , Austria-Hungary D
#17 William Stokoe
William C. Stokoe Jr. ( / ˈ s t oʊ k iː / STOH -kee ; July 21, 1919 – April 4, 2000) was an American linguist and a long-time professor at Gallaudet University . His research on American Sign Language (ASL) revolutionized the understanding of ASL in the United States and sign languages throughout th
#18 Htin Gyi
Htin Gyi ( Burmese : ထင်ကြီး ; 17 July 1916 – 4 April 2004), also called Tekkatho Htin Gyi or Tin Maung , was a Burmese writer and journalist who spent his life studying Myanmar literature and the press. He won various honors including a National Literary Award (1992) for his history of the press in
#19 Fernando Pessoa
Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa ( Portuguese: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du pɨˈsoɐ] ; 13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet , writer , literary critic , translator , publisher , and philosopher , described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest p
William Allen Smalley (April 4, 1923 – December 16, 1997) was an American linguist . He is best known for his role in the development of the Romanized Popular Alphabet for the Hmong language . [1] American linguist William A. Smalley Born ( 1923-04-04 ) April 4, 1923 Jerusalem , British Mandate of