langs: 8 декабря [ru] / december 8 [en] / 8. dezember [de] / 8 décembre [fr] / 8 dicembre [it] / 8 de diciembre [es]
days: december 5 / december 6 / december 7 / december 8 / december 9 / december 10 / december 11
Montenegrin ( / ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ ˈ n iː ɡ r ɪ n / MON -tih- NEE -grin ; [5] [lower-alpha 1] crnogorski / црногорски ) is a normative variety of the Serbo-Croatian language [6] [7] [8] mainly used by Montenegrins and is the official language of Montenegro . Montenegrin is based on the most widespread dial
#1 Jan Otrębski
Jan Szczepan Otrębski (8 December 1889 – 26 April 1971) was a Polish philologist, linguist, and author of 350 scientific papers in the field of Slavic and Baltic studies. He is particularly noted for his study of the Lithuanian language . He held the Chair of Baltic Philology in the Adam Mickiewic
Maurice Gross (born 21 July 1934 in Sedan, Ardennes department; died 8 December 2001 in Paris) was a French linguist [1] [2] and scholar of Romance languages. Beginning in the late 1960s he developed Lexicon-Grammar , a method of formal description of languages with practical applications. [3] Mauri
Edward Payson Evans (December 8, 1831 – March 6, 1917) was an American scholar, linguist and early advocate for animal rights . He is best known for his 1906 book on animal trials , The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals. American scholar, linguist and animal rights advocate Edwa
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
#5 Johannes Hendricus van der Palm
Johannes Hendricus [1] van der Palm (17 July 1763 – 8 September 1840) was a Dutch Assyriologist , linguist , professor of (i) oriental languages and Hebrew antiquities and (ii) sacred poetry and rhetoric at Leiden University , educationist , theologian , Dutch Reformed Church minister , Bible transl
#6 Bian Zhilin
Bian Zhilin ( Chinese : 卞之琳 ; pinyin : Biàn Zhīlín ; Wade–Giles : Pien Chih-lin , 1910–2000) was a 20th-century Chinese poet , translator and literature researcher. Bian Zhilin Born ( 1910-12-08 ) 8 December 1910 Haimen , Jiangsu , China Died 2 December 2000 (2000-12-02) (aged 89) Pen name 季陵 Occu
#7 Eric Nave
Captain Eric Nave OBE (18 March 1899 – 23 June 1993) was an Australian cryptographer and intelligence officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal Navy , noted for his work with joint Allied intelligence units during World War II . He served in the navy from 1916 to 1949, then served as an o
George Crabb (1778–1851) was an English legal and miscellaneous writer.
István Tótfalusi , born István Tóth, wearing this name until 1960 ( Budapest , December 8, 1936 – August 29, 2020) was a Hungarian writer, literary translator, linguist, editor, and a recipient of the Attila József Prize (1997). Hungarian writer, literary translator, linguist, and editor (1936–2020)
#10 Suman Pokhrel
Suman Pokhrel ( Nepali : सुमन पोखरेल ; born on September 21 , 1967 ) is a Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist. Universities in Nepal and India have included his poetry in their syllabus. [1] [2] [3] [4] Poet Suman Pokhrel Pokhrel in 2018 in New Delhi Born ( 1967-09-21 ) Septembe
#11 Marie Sanchez
Marie Elena Brady Sanchez (born Juanita Marie Brady, Cheyenne : Otseohtse’e ; April 30, 1939 - August 9, 2019), was an American Cheyenne , Chief Judge of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe , a human rights activist for indigenous people and a linguist . [1] Marie Elena Brady Sanchez Otseohtse’e Born Juanit
#12 Johannes Aavik
Johannes Aavik ( 8 December [ O.S. 26 November ] 1880 in Randvere , Saaremaa , Estonia (then Russian Empire ) – 18 March 1973 in Stockholm , Sweden ) was an Estonian philologist and Fennophile who played a significant role in the modernization and development of the Estonian language . [1] Eston
#13 Kiyozō Kazama
Kiyozō Kazama ( 風間 喜代三 , Kazama Kiyozō , born 8 December 1928 in Tokyo ) is a Japanese professor of comparative linguistics , specializing in Latin and Greek , and emeritus professor at Tokyo University . He studied comparative grammar under Kōzu Harushige at the department of linguistics at Tokyo U
#14 Jamal Nebez
Jamal Nebez ( Kurdish : جەمال نەبەز ,Cemal Nebez ; 1 December 1933 – 8 December 2018) was a Kurdish linguist , mathematician, politician, author, translator and writer. [1] He studied Islamic law, philosophy, theology, physics and mathematics at the University of Baghdad in the 1950s. In 1956, he pr
#15 Khurshid Rizvi
Khurshid Rizvi (ڈاکٹرخورشید رضوی) is a scholar of languages, which include Arabic , Persian , Urdu , and English . He ranks highly amongst the Urdu poets, researchers, and men of letters in Pakistan . Rizvi was decorated with one of the highest civilian awards ; Sitara-e-Imtiaz (ستارہ امتیاز) by the