langs: 10 октября [ru] / october 10 [en] / 10. oktober [de] / 10 octobre [fr] / 10 ottobre [it] / 10 de octubre [es]
days: october 7 / october 8 / october 9 / october 10 / october 11 / october 12 / october 13
#1 Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet
The Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet ( Mongolian : Монгол Кирилл үсэг , Mongol Kirill üseg or Кирилл цагаан толгой , Kirill tsagaan tolgoi ) is the writing system used for the standard dialect of the Mongolian language in the modern state of Mongolia . It has a largely phonemic orthography , meaning that
#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
Biate is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Biate people in several parts of Northeast India : in Meghalaya , Assam , Mizoram , Manipur and Tripura . [2] Biate is pronounced as Bia-te (the e in te pronounced as "a"). Biate Region India Ethnicity Biate Native speakers (19,000 cited 1997 ) (approxi
Luxembourgish ( / ˈ l ʌ k s əm b ɜːr ɡ ɪ ʃ / LUK -səm-bur-gish ; also Luxemburgish , [2] Luxembourgian , [3] Letzebu(e)rgesch ; [4] Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuergesch [ˈlətsəbuəjəʃ] ( listen ) ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg . About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish wor
George or Gheorghe Ranetti , born George Ranete [1] [2] (October 1875 – May 25, 1928), was a Romanian poet, journalist and playwright, known as the founder and editor of Furnica magazine. A professional journalist from the late 1890s, he alternated between political dailies and literary reviews, bei
Emily M. Bender is an American linguist who works on multilingual grammar engineering and technology for endangered language documentation. She is the Howard and Frances Nostrand Endowed Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington . Her specialty lies in computational linguistics , whic
Hendrick Jacobs Falkenberg ( c. 1640 — c. 1712), also known as Hendrick Jacobs or Henry Jacobs, was an early American settler along the Delaware River , and was considered to be the foremost language interpreter for the purchase of Indian lands in southern New Jersey. He was a linguist , fluent in t
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
William Cobbett (9 March 1763 – 18 June 1835) was an English pamphleteer , journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey . He was one of an agrarian faction seeking to reform Parliament, abolish " rotten boroughs ", restrain foreign activity, and raise wages, with the goal of easing pov
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
#7 Ida C. Ward
Ida Caroline Ward , CBE (4 October 1880 – 10 October 1949) was a British linguist working mainly on African languages who did influential work in the domains of phonology and tonology . Her 1933 collaboration with Diedrich Hermann Westermann , Practical Phonetics for Students of African languages ,
Carlo Battisti (10 October 1882 – 6 March 1977) was an Italian linguist and actor , famed for his starring role in Vittorio De Sica 's Umberto D. . Italian linguist and actor This article needs additional citations for verification . ( March 2010 )
Jan Pieter Marie Laurens de Vries (11 February 1890 – 23 July 1964) was a Dutch philologist, linguist, religious studies scholar, folklorist, educator, writer, editor and public official who specialized in Germanic studies . [1] Dutch philologist Jan de Vries Born ( 1890-02-11 ) 11 February 1890 Ams
James Darmesteter (28 March 1849 – 19 October 1894) was a French author, orientalist , and antiquarian .
Franz Anton Schiefner (June 18, 1817 – November 16, 1879) was a Baltic German linguist and tibetologist . Franz Anton von Schiefner. Schiefner was born to a German -speaking family in Reval (Tallinn), Estonia , then part of Russian Empire . His father was a merchant who had emigrated from Bohemia .
#12 Lucian Scherman
Lucian Scherman (born October 10, 1864 in Posen , died May 29, 1946 in Hanson, Massachusetts ) was a German Indologist , curator of the Ethnology Museum in Munich , and also a professor at the University there. Lucian Scherman
Albert-Marie Schmidt (10 October 1901 – 8 February 1966) was a French linguist and one of the founding members of the Oulipo . Authority control General ISNI 1 VIAF 1 WorldCat National libraries France (data) Germany United States Czech Republic Korea Netherlands Poland Other SUDOC (France) 1 French
#14 Eugen Wüster
Eugen Wüster (10 October 1898 – 29 March 1977) was an industrialist and terminologist . Eugen Wüster Eugen Wüster in 1967 Born Eugen Bernhard Casper Wüster ( 1898-10-10 ) 10 October 1898 Wieselburg , Austria Died 29 March 1977 (1977-03-29) (aged 78) Vienna , Austria Occupation electrical engineer
#15 Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang ( Chinese : 林語堂 ; October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976) was a Chinese inventor, linguist, novelist, philosopher, and translator. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations
#16 Reality Winner
Reality Leigh Winner (born December 4, 1991) [5] is an American former enlisted US Air Force member and NSA Translator . In 2018, she was given the longest prison sentence ever imposed for unauthorized release of government information to the media [6] after she leaked an intelligence report about R
#17 Yumiko Kurahashi
Yumiko Kurahashi ( 倉橋 由美子 , Kurahashi Yumiko , October 10, 1935 – June 10, 2005) was a Japanese writer. Her married name was Yumiko Kumagai ( 熊谷 由美子 , Kumagai Yumiko ) , but she wrote under her birth name. Japanese writer This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient c
#18 Htin Gyi
Htin Gyi ( Burmese : ထင်ကြီး ; 17 July 1916 – 4 April 2004), also called Tekkatho Htin Gyi or Tin Maung , was a Burmese writer and journalist who spent his life studying Myanmar literature and the press. He won various honors including a National Literary Award (1992) for his history of the press in
Elizabeth Mary Wright (10 October 1863 - 1958) was an English linguist and folklorist . English linguist and folklorist Elizabeth Mary Wright Elizabeth Mary Wright, 1923 Born Elizabeth Mary Lea 10 October 1863 London, England Died 1958 (1958-00-00) (aged 94–95) Oxford, England Occupation Linguist