langs: 4 августа [ru] / august 4 [en] / 4. august [de] / 4 août [fr] / 4 agosto [it] / 4 de agosto [es]
days: august 1 / august 2 / august 3 / august 4 / august 5 / august 6 / august 7
Carolinian is an Austronesian language originating in the Caroline Islands , but spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands . It is an official language (as well as English) of the Carolinian people . [2] Carolinian is a threatened language according to the Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat) , bu
Korean Sign Language or KSL ( Korean : 한국 수화 언어 ; Hanja : 韓國 手話言語 ; RR : Hanguk Suhwa Eoneo or 한국 수어 ; 韓國手語 ; Hanguk Sueo ) is a sign language used for deaf communities of South Korea under the North-South Korean border. It is often referred to simply as 수화 ; 手話 ; suhwa , which means signing i
#3 Esperanto
Esperanto ( / ˌ ɛ s p ə ˈ r ɑː n t oʊ / or / ˌ ɛ s p ə ˈ r æ n t oʊ / ) [5] [6] is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language . Created by Warsaw -based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international commun
Faroymal ( Swedish : Fårömål ; Fårö Gutnish) is the dialect of Gutnish spoken on the Baltic island of Fårö . The name "Fårö" (in Gutnish , Faroy ) is derived from the words ö , meaning island, and probably far- , which is a word stem associated with travel, as in the Swedish verb fara (to travel). T
#1 Olaf Broch
Olaf Broch (4 August 1867, Horten – 28 January 1961, Oslo ) was a Norwegian linguist . He was born in Horten, and was a brother of children's writer Lagertha Broch , zoologist Hjalmar Broch , and social worker Nanna Broch . He was a professor of Slavic languages at the University of Oslo from 1900
#2 André Basset
André Basset (4 August 1895 – 24 January 1956) was a French linguist. René Basset was his father and Henri Basset his older brother. André Basset Born 4 August 1895 Lunéville Died 24 January 1956 (1956-01-24) (aged 60) Paris Occupation Linguist
Fray Domingo de Santo Tomás, O.P. (1499 – 28 February 1570) was a Spanish Dominican missionary , bishop, and grammarian in the Viceroyalty of Peru . He compiled the first Quechua language grammar, published in 1560, and that same year published a work on the vocabulary of Quechua. This article may b
Hjalmar Frisk (4 August 1900, in Gothenburg – 1 August 1984, in Gothenburg) was a Swedish linguist and etymologist in Indo-European studies . He was also rector of the University of Göteborg from 1951 to 1966. [1] Swedish linguist and etymologist (1900–1984) Early on, he became interested in Indo-Eu
Franz Rottland (December 4, 1934 in Gelsenkirchen – August 4, 2014) was a German linguist and Africanist. [1] German linguist Franz Rottland Born ( 1934-12-04 ) December 4, 1934 Gelsenkirchen , Germany Died August 4, 2014 (2014-08-04) (aged 79) Germany Nationality German Occupation Linguist Academ
#6 André Goosse
André Goosse (16 April 1926, Liège – 4 August 2019) was a Belgian grammarian . The son-in-law of Maurice Grevisse , he took over editing and updating Grevisse's last book, Le Bon Usage . In 1988, he married the Belgian writer France Bastia . Professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain , [1] he
#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
#8 Ma Jianzhong
Ma Jianzhong ( Chinese : 馬建忠 ; pinyin : Mǎ Jiànzhōng ; Wade–Giles : Ma Chien-chung ; 1845 – 1900), courtesy name Meishu ( Chinese : 眉叔 ; pinyin : Méishū ), also known as Ma Kié-Tchong in French, was a Chinese official and scholar in the late Qing dynasty . Chinese official and scholar In this Chines
Ivan Mažuranić ( pronounced [ǐv̞an maʒǔranitɕ] ; 11 August 1814 – 4 August 1890) was a Croatian poet, linguist, lawyer and politician who is considered to be one of the most important figures in Croatia's political and cultural life in the mid-19th century. Mažuranić served as Ban of Kingdom of Cr
#10 Durbin Feeling
Durbin Feeling ( Cherokee : ᏫᎵ ᏚᎥᎢᏅ , romanized: Wili Duvinv ; April 2, 1946 – August 19, 2020) was a Native American ( Cherokee Nation ) linguist who wrote the first Cherokee–English dictionary . He is considered the greatest modern contributor to the preservation of the endangered Cherokee lan
Anbara Salam Khalidi ( Arabic : عنبرة سلام الخالدي ) (4 August 1897 – May 1986) was a Lebanese feminist, translator and author, who significantly contributed to the emancipation of Arab women. [1] Lebanese writer (1897–1986) Anbara Salam Khalidi Born ( 1897-08-04 ) 4 August 1897 Beirut , Ottoman Emp
Edward O'Reilly (6 December 1765 – 26 August 1830) was an Irish scholar in the first half of the 19th century. [1] Scholar and lexicographer from Ireland For the political candidate, see Edward O'Reilly (Massachusetts politician) .
#13 Johannes P. M. van der Ploeg
Johannes Petrus Maria "Jan" van der Ploeg (4 July 1909, in Nijmegen – 4 August 2004, in Nijmegen) was a Dutch Dominican specialist in Hebrew , Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac manuscript research. He was Professor of Old Testament and Semitics at the Catholic University of Nijmegen (1951–1979) after whic