langs: 16 августа [ru] / august 16 [en] / 16. august [de] / 16 août [fr] / 16 agosto [it] / 16 de agosto [es]
days: august 13 / august 14 / august 15 / august 16 / august 17 / august 18 / august 19
Alphabet / Alphabet
#1 Quipu
Quipu (also spelled khipu ) are recording devices fashioned from strings historically used by a number of cultures in the region of Andean South America . [1] Inca recording system using knotted string For the Quipu X.500 Directory System, see Quipu Directory . See also: Mathematics of the Incas Qui
- ... istory of Counting-PlainMath.Net High in the Andes, Keeping an Incan Mystery Alive (New York Times, august 16, 2010) The Khipu of San Cristobal de Rapaz “Making Sense of the Pre-Columbian,” Vistas: Visual Cultu ...
#2 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
- ... lso a N’ko version of Wikipedia in existence since 26 November 2019, it contains 975 articles as of 16 august 2021, with 7,880 edits and 2,018 users. [15] UNICODE Further information: NKo (Unicode block) N'Ko ...
#3 Javanese script
The Javanese script (natively known as Aksara Jawa , Hanacaraka , Carakan , and Dentawyanjana ) [1] is one of Indonesia 's traditional scripts developed on the island of Java. The script is primarily used to write the Javanese language , but in the course of its development has also been used to wri
- ... type sample from the Amsterdam type foundry , 1910 Cover of the Kajawèn [ id ] magazine, issue 65, 16 august 1933 Kekancingan [ id ] document issued by the Kraton of Yogyakarta in 1935, Dewantara Kirti Griya ...
Researcher / Researcher
#1 Yevgeny Polivanov
Yevgeny Dmitrievich Polivanov ( Russian : Евге́ний Дми́триевич Полива́нов; 12 March [ O.S. 28 February] 1891 – 25 January 1938 ) was a Soviet linguist , orientalist and polyglot who wrote major works on the Chinese, Japanese, Uzbek and Dungan languages and on theoretical linguistics and poetics
- ... ished fruitful work on the local languages." [2] During the Great Purge , Polivanov was arrested on 16 august 1937 in Bishkek and was charged with spying for Japan. On 1 October, in the Butyrka prison , he req ...
#2 Sejong the Great
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
- ... September 1464) [62] [61] [63] Third daughter (? – 1426) Yi Jeung, Prince Gyeyang (계양군 이증) (1427 – 16 august 1464), eighth son [64] Yi Gong, Prince Uichang (의창군 이공) (1428 – 1460), tenth son Fifth daughter (? ...
#3 Jan Stankievič
Jan (Janka) Stankievič (Ian Stankevich, Belarusian : Ян Станкевіч , Polish : Jan Stankiewicz ; November 26, 1891 – August 16, 1976) was a Belarusian-American politician, linguist , historian and philosopher. Belarusian politician and linguist Jan Stankievič Jan Stankievič Born November 26, 1891 (
- ... nkievič (Ian Stankevich, Belarusian : Ян Станкевіч , Polish : Jan Stankiewicz ; November 26, 1891 – august 16, 1976) was a Belarusian-American politician, linguist , historian and philosopher. Belarusian politi ...
- ... Jan Stankievič Jan Stankievič Born November 26, 1891 ( 1891-11-26 ) Ashmyany , modern Belarus Died august 16, 1976 ( 1976-08-17 ) (aged 84) South River, New Jersey Nationality Belarusian and American Occupatio ...
#4 Dora Knowlton Ranous
Dora Knowlton Ranous (August 16, 1859 – January 19, 1916) was an American actress, author, editor, translator, and book reviewer . She began her literary career editing educational books and contributing to Appleton 's Annual Cyclopaedia and The Criterion . Ranous attained distinction as a translato
- Dora Knowlton Ranous ( august 16, 1859 – January 19, 1916) was an American actress, author, editor, translator, and book reviewer . S ...
- ... work, appeared in 1916. American actress Dora Knowlton Ranous Born Doris Isabelle Knowlton Thompson august 16, 1859 Ashfield, Massachusetts , U.S. Died January 19, 1916 (1916-01-19) (aged 56) New York City , Ne ...
- ... ARLY YEARS AND EDUCATION Doris Isabelle Knowlton Thompson was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts , [1] august 16, 1859. [2] She was the daughter of Alexander Hamilton and Augusta (Knowlton) Thompson. Her father wa ...
#5 Mark Bloch (linguist)
Mark Yakovlevich Bloch ( Russian : Марк Яковлевич Блох ; 16 August 1924 – 16 September 2022) [1] was a Soviet and Russian linguist , Doctor of Philology , Professor, Head of the English Language Grammar Department of the Moscow Pedagogical State University , Head of the Foreign Languages Department
- Mark Yakovlevich Bloch ( Russian : Марк Яковлевич Блох ; 16 august 1924 – 16 September 2022) [1] was a Soviet and Russian linguist , Doctor of Philology , Professor, ...
#6 Jaya Mehta
Jaya Vallabhdas Mehta is a Gujarati poet, critic and translator from Gujarat , India. She was educated and later worked at SNDT Women's University . Jaya Mehta Born ( 1932-08-16 ) August 16, 1932 (age 90) Koliyak village, British India (now Bhavnagar district , Gujarat , India) Occupation Poet, cr
- ... ndia. She was educated and later worked at SNDT Women's University . Jaya Mehta Born ( 1932-08-16 ) august 16, 1932 (age 90) Koliyak village, British India (now Bhavnagar district , Gujarat , India) Occupation ...
- ... ial Reference to Akho, Premanand, Shamal, Dalpatram and Navalram (1973) LIFE Jaya Mehta was born on 16 august 1932 at Koliyak village near Bhavnagar (now in Bhavnagar district , Gujarat, India) to Lalitaben an ...
#7 Isidore Dyen
Isidore Dyen (16 August 1913 in Philadelphia – 14 December 2008 in Newton, Massachusetts ) was an American linguist, Professor Emeritus of Malayo-Polynesian and Comparative Linguistics at Yale University . He was one of the foremost scholars in the field of Austronesian linguistics , [1] publishing
- Isidore Dyen ( 16 august 1913 in Philadelphia – 14 December 2008 in Newton, Massachusetts ) was an American linguist, Profes ...
- ... ily , the latter principally by means of lexicostatistics . [2] American linguist Isidore Dyen Born 16 august 1913 Philadelphia Died 14 December 2008 (aged 95) Newton Alma mater University of Pennsylvania Empl ...
#8 Harold H. Bender
Harold Herman Bender (April 20, 1882 – August 16, 1951) was an American philologist who taught for more than forty years at Princeton University , where he served as chair of the Department of Oriental Languages and Literature. He was the chief etymologist for Webster's New International Dictionary,
- Harold Herman Bender (April 20, 1882 – august 16, 1951) was an American philologist who taught for more than forty years at Princeton University , wh ...
#9 Georgiy Gongadze
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
- ... 2010) Gongadze murder suspect's trial should be open to public , Committee to Protect Journalists ( 16 august 2011) Court sentences Pukach to life for murdering Gongadze, disregards claims against Kuchma, Lytv ...
#10 Abu Ali al-Farisi
Abū 'Alī al-Fārisī ( Arabic : الفارسى ابو على ); surnamed Abū Alī al Ḥasan Aḥmad Abd al-Ghaffār Ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaimān ibn Abān al-Fārisī (c. 901 – 987) [n 2] ; was a leading grammarian of the school of al-Baṣrah of mixed Arab and Iranian heritage. [2] He lived in Baghdād and later served at the
- ... ian of Arabic Abū 'Ali al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ghaffār al-Fārisī Born 901 Fasa , Fars , Iran Died august 16, 987 (987-08-16) (aged 85–86) Baghdad Other names Abū Alī al-Ḥasan Aḥmad Abd al-Ghaffar ibn Muḥammad ...
#11 Hmayak Siras
Hmayak Siras (born Hmayak Sahaki Voskanian ( Armenian : Հմայակ Սահակի Ոսկանյան ); 15 February 1902 – 16 August 1983) was an Armenian writer, editor, and translator. He is regarded as a significant figure in the development of twentieth-century Armenian literature . He was a member of the USSR Writer
- ... mayak Siras (born Hmayak Sahaki Voskanian ( Armenian : Հմայակ Սահակի Ոսկանյան ); 15 February 1902 – 16 august 1983) was an Armenian writer, editor, and translator. He is regarded as a significant figure in the ...
- ... Sahaki Voskanian ( 1902-02-15 ) 15 February 1902 Karakilisa , Old Armenia , Republic of Turkey Died 16 august 1983 (1983-08-16) (aged 81) Yerevan , Armenia Occupation Writer, translator, editor Nationality Arm ...
#12 Ben Jonson
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) [2] was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours ; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour [3] (1598), Volpon
- Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 august 1637) [2] was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon En ...
- ... lery, London Born Benjamin Jonson c. 11 June 1572 Westminster , England [ citation needed ] Died c. 16 august 1637 (aged 65) London, [1] England Occupation Playwright, poet Language Early Modern English Alma m ...
- ... warned him about disfavour at court in the wake of his dispute with Jones. Jonson died on or around 16 august 1637, and his funeral was held the next day. It was attended by 'all or the greatest part of the no ...
#13 William Dwight Whitney
William Dwight Whitney (February 9, 1827 – June 7, 1894) was an American linguist , philologist , and lexicographer known for his work on Sanskrit grammar and Vedic philology as well as his influential view of language as a social institution. He was the first president of the American Philologica
- ... ut . [ citation needed ] They had six children: [ citation needed ] Edward Baldwin Whitney was born august 16, 1857, became Assistant US Attorney General, and had son mathematician Hassler Whitney . Williston C ...
#14 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
- ... garter Zeitung (in German). Deutsche Presse-Agentur . March 23, 2010. Archived from the original on august 16, 2021 . Retrieved August 22, 2019 . Evans, Nicholas ; Levinson, Stephen C. (October 2009). "The myth ...
- ... nts, Volumes 2–3 . Taylor & Francis. p. 487. ISBN 978-0-415-10694-8 . Archived from the original on august 16, 2021 . Retrieved May 31, 2019 . Harlow, S. J. (2010). "Transformational Grammar: Evolution" . In Ba ...
- ... cott of Israeli Universities" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on august 16, 2021 . Retrieved June 29, 2019 . Kay, Jonathan (May 12, 2011). "The Monomania of an Anti-American P ...
- ... a and Herzegovina . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521763806 . Archived from the original on august 16, 2021 . Retrieved August 30, 2019 . "Nikolic presented the Sretenje Order" Николић уручио Сретењско ...
- ... science" . Center for Cognitive Sciences, Minnesota State University. Archived from the original on august 16, 2021 . Retrieved November 29, 2015 . Ortiz, Aimee (August 28, 2017). "Chomsky joins University of A ...
- ... mpanions to Philosophy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 978-1118388181 . Archived from the original on august 16, 2021 . Retrieved February 8, 2020 . Persson, Ingmar; LaFollette, Hugh, eds. (2013). The Blackwell G ...
- ... movement just lit a spark' – video" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on august 16, 2021 . Retrieved April 22, 2016 .
#15 Gotthelf Bergsträsser
Gotthelf Bergsträsser (5 April 1886, in Oberlosa , Plauen – 16 August 1933, near Berchtesgaden ) was a German linguist specializing in Semitic studies , generally considered to be one of the greatest of the twentieth century. Bergsträsser was initially a teacher of classical languages before decidin
- Gotthelf Bergsträsser (5 April 1886, in Oberlosa , Plauen – 16 august 1933, near Berchtesgaden ) was a German linguist specializing in Semitic studies , generally consid ...
#16 Paul Diderichsen
Paul Diderichsen (16 August 1905, Copenhagen – 9 October 1964, Copenhagen) was a Danish linguist who is known for his model of sentence structure in Danish which has been widely applied to describe the syntax of languages with fixed word order, such as the mainland Scandinavian languages. Diderich
- Paul Diderichsen ( 16 august 1905, Copenhagen – 9 October 1964, Copenhagen) was a Danish linguist who is known for his model of ...
#17 Ján Kollár
Ján Kollár ( Hungarian : Kollár János ; 29 July 1793 – 24 January 1852) was a Slovak writer (mainly poet), archaeologist, scientist, priest, politician, and main ideologist of Pan-Slavism . Ján Kollár Born ( 1793-07-29 ) 29 July 1793 Mosóc, Kingdom of Hungary (now Mošovce , Slovakia) Died 24 January
- ... soned part of Kollár's otherwise wooden birth-house. The rest of the house burned down in a fire on 16 august 1863. In 2009 a replica was rebuilt of the original Kollár's birth-house, which is now a museum. [6 ...
#18 Michael Brame
Michael K. Brame (January 27, 1944 [1] — August 16, 2010 [2] ) was an American linguist and professor at the University of Washington , and founding editor of the peer-reviewed research journal, Linguistic Analysis . [3] He was known for his theory of recursive categorical syntax . He also co-author
- Michael K. Brame (January 27, 1944 [1] — august 16, 2010 [2] ) was an American linguist and professor at the University of Washington , and founding ed ...
#19 Ardashes Harutiunian
Ardashes Harutiunian (Արտաշէս Յարութիւնեան, also used pen-names Manishak, Ban, Shahen-Garo and Garo , 1873, Malkara, near Rodosto (now Tekirdağ ), Ottoman Empire – 16 August 1915) was an Ottoman Armenian poet, a self-educated translator from French and literary critic, who became one of the most out
- ... Manishak, Ban, Shahen-Garo and Garo , 1873, Malkara, near Rodosto (now Tekirdağ ), Ottoman Empire – 16 august 1915) was an Ottoman Armenian poet, a self-educated translator from French and literary critic, who ...
- ... Յարութիւնեան Born 3 October 1873 ( 1873-10-03 ) Malkara , Rodosto ( Tekirdağ ), Ottoman Turkey Died 16 august 1915 ( 1915-08-17 ) (aged 42) Izmit , Ottoman Turkey Occupation Writer, poet, literary critic, tran ...
- ... as converted into a prison. They were both stabbed to death together with his father near Derbent on 16 august t 1915. [2] After Harutiunian's death his poems were published in separate books in Paris (1937) and ...
#20 Samihah Kharis
Samihah Kharis (born 16 August 1956) is a Jordanian novelist, journalist and translator. She was born in Amman in 1956, and completed her primary and Secondary school education in Qatar and Sudan , respectively, and her university education in Egypt. For around 20 years, Kharis held a number of posi
- Samihah Kharis (born 16 august 1956) is a Jordanian novelist, journalist and translator. She was born in Amman in 1956, and comple ...
- ... om related articles ; try the Find link tool for suggestions. ( February 2021 ) Samihah Kharis Born 16 august 1956 Amman , Jordan Occupation Writer, journalist, translator, editor-in-chief, screenwriter Langua ...