langs: 8 мая [ru] / may 8 [en] / 8. mai [de] / 8 mai [fr] / 8 maggio [it] / 8 de mayo [es]
days: may 5 / may 6 / may 7 / may 8 / may 9 / may 10 / may 11
#1 Afrikaans
Afrikaans ( UK : / ˌ æ f r ɪ ˈ k ɑː n s / , US : / ˌ ɑː f -/ , meaning 'African') [4] [5] is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular [6] [7] of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect ) [8] [9] used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their
The Massachusett language is an Algonquian language of the Algic language family , formerly spoken by several peoples of eastern coastal and southeastern Massachusetts . In its revived form, it is spoken in four communities of Wampanoag people. The language is also known as Natick or Wôpanâak ( Wamp
Algerian Sign Language (French: Langue des signes algérienne (LSA) , Tamazight: Tutlayt Tagugamt n Lezzayer , Arabic: لغة الإشارة الجزائرية ) is the sign language most commonly used in Algeria . It was officially recognized by the Algerian law on the protection and promotion of persons with a disabi
#4 Bruny Island Tasmanian language
Bruny Island Tasmanian , or Nuenonne ("Nyunoni"), a name shared with Southeast Tasmanian , is an Aboriginal language or pair of languages of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern . [2] It was spoken on Bruny Island , off the southeastern coast of Tasmania, by the Bruny tribe. Extinct langu
Snježana Kordić ( pronounced [sɲěʒana kôːrditɕ] ( listen ) ; born 29 October 1964) [1] is a Croatian linguist . [3] In addition to her work in syntax , she has written on sociolinguistics . [2] Kordić is known among non-specialists for numerous articles against the puristic and prescriptive langua
#2 Jack Agüeros
Jack Agüeros (September 2, 1934 – May 4, 2014) was an American community activist, poet, writer, and translator, and the former director of El Museo del Barrio . American poet of Puerto Rican ancestry Jack Agüeros Born ( 1934-09-02 ) September 2, 1934 New York City, U.S. Died May 4, 2014 (2014-05-04
Richard Maxwell Gaskin (born 8 May 1960) is a British philosopher who serves as a professor at the University of Liverpool . He has published on metaphysics , philosophy of language and logic , and history of philosophy , as well as on philosophy of literature , literary theory , and the European li
#4 Erik Ahlman
Erik Gustav Ahlman (May 8, 1892 – August 27, 1952) was a Finnish philosopher and linguist. Ahlman initiated his academic career as a classical philologist. [1] Ahlman was born in Turku. He worked as a theoretical science education professor at the Jyväskylä College of Education from 1935 to 1948 (re
Ernst Johannes Wigforss (24 January 1881 – 2 January 1977) was a Swedish politician and linguist (dialectologist), mostly known as a prominent member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party and Swedish Minister of Finance. Wigforss became one of the main theoreticians in the development of the Swedi
#6 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
John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902) [1] was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West , professor at Illinois Wesleyan University , and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition , a three
Waldemar Konrad von Zedtwitz (May 8, 1896 – October 5, 1984) [1] [2] was a German -born American bridge player and administrator. German-American bridge player This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German . (December 2014) Click [show] for important tran
Ferenc Kazinczy (in older English: Francis Kazinczy , [1] October 27, 1759 – August 23, 1831) was a Hungarian author, poet, translator, neologist , an agent in the regeneration of the Hungarian language and literature at the turn of the 19th century. [2] Today his name is connected with the extensiv
Thomas Oden Lambdin (October 31, 1927 – May 8, 2020) was a leading scholar of the Semitic and Egyptian languages. [1] He received his Ph.D. in 1952 from the Johns Hopkins University Department of Near Eastern Studies, where his advisor was William Foxwell Albright ; his dissertation was on "Egyptian
#11 Oleg Grushecki
Oleg Grushecki ( Belarusian : Алег Грушэцкі ; born 8 May 1974 in Minsk ) is a Belarusian writer, journalist, translator, public figure. The revivalist of scouting in Belarus, one of the founders of the «Belarusian Scout Association». [1] [2] Author of literary and historical articles in both Belarus
#12 Aisha Al Kaabi
Aisha Khalaf Al Kaabi ( Arabic : عائشة الكعبي ) (born 8 May 1973) is an Emirati poet, short story writer, artist, and translator. She has been a member of Emirates Writers Union since 1997. She won the Emirates Women Award in Literature and Art in 2011 for her book No Consolation for House Cats . [1
#13 Borys Antonenko-Davydovych
Borys Antonenko-Davydovych ( Ukrainian : Борис Антоненко-Давидович ), born Borys Davydov ( Ukrainian : Борис Давидов ) was a Ukrainian writer, translator and linguist. During the Great Purge he was sentenced to the death penalty, which was later replaced with ten years jail in a gulag. Antonenko-Dav
#14 S. I. Hayakawa
Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (July 18, 1906 – February 27, 1992) was a Canadian-born American academic and politician of Japanese ancestry. A professor of English , he served as president of San Francisco State University and then as U.S. Senator from California from 1977 to 1983. [1] [2] Canadian-America
#15 Lucy Lloyd
Lucy Catherine Lloyd (7 November 1834 – 31 August 1914) was the creator, along with Wilhelm Bleek , of the 19th-century archive of ǀXam and !Kung texts. British folklorist (1834-1914) Lucy Lloyd Born Lucy Catherine Lloyd ( 1834-11-07 ) 7 November 1834 Norbury, England Died 31 August 1914 (1914-08-31
#16 Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American man of letters . Perhaps best known as a poet (his early work has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance ), he is also an essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist with anarchoprimitivist leanings. He has been des
#17 Elizabeth Walter
Elizabeth Walter (1927 – 8 May 2006) [1] was an English writer of short stories in the horror and fantasy genres. [2] Elizabeth Walter Born 1927 Died 8 May 2006 (2006-05-08) (aged 78–79) Occupation short story writer, translator Nationality English Genre horror , Fantasy She was brought up in the