langs: 21 января [ru] / january 21 [en] / 21. januar [de] / 21 janvier [fr] / 21 gennaio [it] / 21 de enero [es]
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#1 Blissymbols
Blissymbols or Blissymbolics is a constructed language conceived as an ideographic writing system called Semantography consisting of several hundred basic symbols , each representing a concept, which can be composed together to generate new symbols that represent new concepts. Blissymbols differ fro
The Shuswap language ( / ˈ ʃ uː ʃ w ɑː p / ; Shuswap : Secwepemctsín [ʃəxʷəpəməxˈtʃin] ) is the traditional language of the Shuswap people ( Shuswap : Secwépemc [ʃəˈxʷɛpəməx] ) of British Columbia . An endangered language, Shuswap is spoken mainly in the Central and Southern Interior of British Colu
Eyak was a Na-Dené language , historically spoken by the Eyak people , indigenous to south-central Alaska , near the mouth of the Copper River . The name Eyak comes from a Chugach Sugpiaq name ( Igya'aq ) for an Eyak village at the mouth of the Eyak River. [2] Extinct Na-Dené language of US This art
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
Christopher Smart (11 April 1722 – 21 May 1771) was an English poet. He was a major contributor to two popular magazines, The Midwife and The Student , and a friend to influential cultural icons like Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding . Smart, a high church Anglican , was widely known throughout Lo
Marion Frances Chevalier (January 21, 1902 – February 17, 1990) [1] was a philologist best known for her discovery in the Bibliothèque d'Orléans of The Adventures and Marriage of Panurge , a play by Pousset de Montauban that had remained unknown for 250 years, even though it was the first drama deri
Jamshid Giunashvili ( Georgian : ჯემშიდ გიუნაშვილი ; 1 May 1931 – 21 January 2017) was a Georgian linguist, Iranologist , researcher, author, and diplomat, having served as the first ambassador of Georgia to Iran for a period of ten years. He is a graduate of Tbilisi State University with a doctors
Graziadio Isaia Ascoli ( pronounced [ɡrattsja(d)ˈdiːo izaˈiːa ˈaskoli] ; 16 July 1829 – 21 January 1907) was an Italian linguist . [1] [2] [3] Italian linguist This article needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2015 ) Graziadio Ascoli Graziadio Isaia Ascoli. Born ( 1829-07-16 ) 16 Ju
#6 Vuk Vrčević
Vuk Vrčević ( Serbian Cyrillic : Вук Врчевић ; Risan , 26 February 1811 – Dubrovnik , 13 August 1882) was a Montenegrin serb collector of lyric poetry and companion of Vuk Karadžić , the famed linguist and reformer of the Serbian language . He also translated into Serbian the poetical work of Pietro
Sebastian Konstantinovich Shaumyan ( Armenian : Սեբաստյան Շահումյան ; February 27, 1916 – January 21, 2007) was an Armenian American theoretician of linguistics and an outspoken adherent of structuralist analysis. [1] American linguist This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or disc
Julien Vinson (21 January 1843 – 21 November 1926) was a French linguist who specialized in the languages of India, mainly Tamil , and also in the Basque language . [1] Julien Vinson Born ( 1843-01-21 ) 21 January 1843 Pondicherry , India Died 21 November 1926 (1926-11-21) (aged 83) Nationality Fr
#9 Henrik Barić
Henrik Barić (21 January 1888 – 3 April 1957) was a Croatian linguist and Albanologist . This article is an orphan , as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the Find link tool for suggestions. ( September 2020 ) Croatian linguist
#10 Janez Kajzer
Janez Kajzer (born 21 January 1938) is a Slovene writer, journalist, translator and editor. [1] Slovene writer Janez Kajzer Born ( 1938-01-21 ) 21 January 1938 Vižmarje , Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia ) Occupation writer, journalist, translator, editor Notable works Mimo dnevnega načrta, Ma
#11 Otto Kern
Otto Ferdinand Georg Kern (14 February 1863 in Schulpforte (now part of Bad Kösen ) – 31 January 1942 in Halle an der Saale ) was a German classical philologist , archaeologist and epigraphist . He specialized in the field of ancient Greek religion , being known for his investigations of Greek myste
#12 Robert Blust
Robert A. Blust ( / b l ʌ s t / ; Chinese : 白樂思 ; pinyin : Bái Lèsī ; May 9, 1940 – January 5, 2022 [1] [2] [3] ) was an American linguist who worked in several areas, including historical linguistics , lexicography and ethnology . He was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawai ʻ i at Mā
#13 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
#14 Roger Williams
Roger Williams ( c. 21 December 1603 — between 27 January and 15 March 1683) [1] was an English-born American Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations , which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the U.S. State of Rhode Island and