langs: 17 января [ru] / january 17 [en] / 17. januar [de] / 17 janvier [fr] / 17 gennaio [it] / 17 de enero [es]
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Konkani [note 4] ( Kōṅkaṇī ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people , primarily along the western coastal region ( Konkan ) of India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages mentioned in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution [9] and the official language of the Indian state of
Ukrainian ( native name: украї́нська мо́ва , romanized : ukrainska mova , IPA: [ʊkrɐˈjinʲsʲkɐ ˈmɔʋɐ] ) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family . It is the native language of about 40 million people and the official state language of Ukraine in Eastern Europe . Written Ukr
#3 Spanish language in the Philippines
Spanish was the official language of the Philippines from the beginning of Spanish rule in the late 16th century, until sometime during the Philippine–American War (1899-1902) and remained co-official, along with English, until 1973. It was at first removed in 1973 by a constitutional change, but af
Sakizaya is a Formosan language closely related to Amis . One of the large family of Austronesian languages, it is spoken by the Sakizaya people , who are concentrated on the eastern Pacific coast of Taiwan . Since 2007 they have been recognized by the Taiwan government as one of the sixteen distinc
Qian Xuantong (1887—January 17, 1939) was a Chinese linguist and writer. He was a professor of literature at National Peking University, [1] and along with Gu Jiegang , one of the leaders of the Doubting Antiquity School . Chinese linguist and writer In this Chinese name , the family name is Qian .
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
Tache Papahagi (October 20, 1892 – January 17, 1977) was an Aromanian folklorist and linguist. Aromanian folklorist and linguist He was born into an Aromanian family in Avdella ( Avdhela ), a village that formed part of the Ottoman Empire 's Manastir Vilayet and is now in Greece . He attended primar
#4 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
Charles Francis Hockett (January 17, 1916 – November 3, 2000) was an American linguist who developed many influential ideas in American structuralist linguistics. He represents the post- Bloomfieldian phase of structuralism often referred to as " distributionalism " or "taxonomic structuralism". His
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
#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
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
#9 Chandramathi
Chandrika Balan (born 17 January 1954) is an Indian writer who has published books in English and Malayalam , under the pen name Chandramathi , ചന്ദ്രമതി in Malayalam . She is a writer of fiction, a translator, [1] and critic in English and Malayalam. [2] Chandramathi has published four books in Eng
#10 Taïeb Baccouche
Taïeb Baccouche (born 1 November 1944) is a Tunisian politician who has been Secretary-General of the Arab Maghreb Union since 2016. Previously he served in the government of Tunisia as Minister of Education in 2011, in the wake of the Tunisian Revolution , [1] and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2
#11 Gunnar Bech
Gunnar Bech (March 23, 1920 in Græse , Frederikssund Municipality – January 17, 1981 in Copenhagen ) [1] was a Danish linguist . His magnum opus was Studies on the German Verbum Infinitum (Bech 1955/1957, reprinted 1983). It is perhaps the most widely cited single work on the German verb . Danish li
#12 Kamil Zvelebil
Kamil Václav Zvelebil (November 17, 1927 – January 17, 2009) was a Czech scholar in Indian literature and linguistics , notably Tamil , Sanskrit , Dravidian linguistics and literature and philology . Kamil Václav Zvelebil Born ( 1927-11-17 ) November 17, 1927 Prague , Czechoslovakia Died January 17,
#13 Kurt Baldinger
Kurt Baldinger (November 17, 1919 – January 17, 2007) was a Swiss linguist and philologist who made important contributions to Romance studies in the Gallo-Romanic and Ibero-Romanic branches, with works of lexicography , historical linguistics , etymology and semantics . Swiss linguist and philologi
André-Georges Haudricourt ( French: [odʁikuʁ] ; 17 January 1911 – 20 August 1996) was a French botanist , anthropologist and linguist . André-Georges Haudricourt Born ( 1911-01-17 ) 17 January 1911 Paris, France Died 20 August 1996 (1996-08-20) (aged 85) Academic background Academic work Institu
Vladimír Skalička (19 August 1909 – 17 January 1991) was a Czech professor , linguist , translator , and polyglot . A member of the influential Prague School of linguists and literary critics and a corresponding member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences , he is credited with further developing
Antanas Baranauskas ( Latin : Antonius Baranovski , Polish : Antoni Baranowski ; 17 January 1835 – 26 November 1902) was a Lithuanian poet , [1] mathematician and Catholic bishop of Sejny . Baranauskas is best known as the author of the Lithuanian poem Anykščių šilelis . He used various pseudonyms ,
Prof Edward William Prevost FRSE FIC (1851 – 1920) was a 19th-century British chemist, philologist and linguist. In authorship he is known as E. W. Prevost .
Zuzanna Ginczanka , pen name of Zuzanna Polina Gincburg (March 22, [6] 1917 – January 1945) [7] was a Polish - Jewish poet of the interwar period . Although she published only a single collection of poetry in her lifetime, the book O centaurach ( On Centaurs , 1936) created a sensation in Poland's l
Richard Irvine Best (17 January 1872 – 25 September 1959), often known as R. I. Best , was an Irish scholar who specialised in Celtic Studies . [1] For other people with the same name, see Richard Best . Irish scholar Best was born into a Protestant family in Derry and educated at Foyle College befo
#20 Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron
Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (7 December 1731 – 17 January 1805) was the first [1] professional French Indologist . He conceived the institutional framework for the new profession. He inspired the founding of the École française d'Extrême-Orient a century after his death. The library of the