langs: 18 февраля [ru] / february 18 [en] / 18. februar [de] / 18 février [fr] / 18 febbraio [it] / 18 de febrero [es]
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The Ryukyuan languages ( 琉球語派 , Ryūkyū-goha , also 琉球諸語 , Ryūkyū-shogo or 島言葉 in Ryukyuan, Shima kutuba , literally "Island Speech") , also Lewchewan or Luchuan ( / l uː ˈ tʃ uː ə n / ), are the indigenous languages of the Ryukyu Islands , the southernmost part of the Japanese archipelago . Along wi
Russian ( Russian: русский язык , romanized: russkij jazyk ) is an East Slavic language mainly spoken across Russia. It is the native language of the Russians , and belongs to the Indo-European language family . It is one of four living East Slavic languages, [lower-alpha 10] and is also a part of
Azartash Azarnoush ( Persian : آذرتاش آذرنوش , 18 February 1938 [1] – 7 October 2021) [2] was a linguist and scholar of Iran. Born in Qom , he held two Ph.D. degrees from France. He specialized in Arabic literature . Azarnoush was part of Imam Sadeq University and Tarbiat Modarres University faculty
Nikos Kazantzakis ( Greek : Νίκος Καζαντζάκης [ˈnikos kazanˈd͡zacis] ; 2 March (OS 18 February) 1883 [2] – 26 October 1957) was a Greek writer. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature , he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years. [3] Greek writer and ph
Carl Hugo Hahn (1818–1895) was a Baltic German missionary and linguist who worked in South Africa and South-West Africa for most of his life. Together with Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt , he set up the first Rhenish mission station to the Herero people in Gross Barmen . Hahn is known for his scientifi
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Nevsky ( Russian : Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Не́вский ; the surname is also transcribed Nevskij ; 1 March [ O.S. 18 February ] 1892 – 24 November 1937) was a Russian and Soviet linguist, an expert on a number of East Asian languages. He was one of the founders of the moder
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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
Georg Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa [ needs IPA ] (born. Wetterhoff-Asp , 7 May 1870 – 18 February 1946) was a Finnish multiartist: painter , sculptor , writer , and a pseudo-linguist. [1] He is best known for his fantastical theories about the past of the Finnish people , whom he believed to have descende
Lyubov Makarivna Sirota ( Ukrainian : Любов Макарівна Сирота ; born June 21, 1956) is a Ukrainian poet, writer, playwright, journalist and translator. As a former inhabitant of the city of Pripyat and an eyewitness (and victim) of the Chernobyl disaster , she has devoted a great part of her creative
Nicolae Drăganu (18 February 1884 – 18 December 1939) was an Austro-Hungarian -born Romanian linguist, philologist, and literary historian. Nicolae Drăganu
David Abdón Galeano Olivera (born February 18, 1961 in Asunción ) is a Paraguayan linguist, anthropologist, philologist, translator, and educator. He is also the president and founder of the Lyceum of Guarani Language and Culture. Dr. David Galeano Olivera in 2016.