langs: 27 октября [ru] / october 27 [en] / 27. oktober [de] / 27 octobre [fr] / 27 ottobre [it] / 27 de octubre [es]
days: october 24 / october 25 / october 26 / october 27 / october 28 / october 29 / october 30
Breton ( / ˈ b r ɛ t ən / , French: [bʁətɔ̃] ; brezhoneg [bʁeˈzɔ̃ːnɛk] ( listen ) [5] or [brəhɔ̃ˈnek] in Morbihan ) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family spoken in Brittany , part of modern-day France. It is the only Celtic language still in use on the European mainlan
Turkmen ( türkmençe , түркменче , تۆرکمنچه , [tʏɾkmøntʃø] [5] or türkmen dili , түркмен дили , تۆرکمن ديلی , [tʏɾkmøn dɪlɪ] ), [6] sporadically referred to as " Turkmen Turkic " or " Turkmen Turkish ", [7] [8] [9] [10] is a Turkic language spoken by the Turkmens of Central Asia , mainly of Turkmenis
Māori ( Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ( listen ) ), also known as te reo ('the language'), or Te Reo Māori ('the language of Māori'), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people , the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand . Closely related to Cook Islands Māori , Tuamotuan , and Tahiti
Abkhaz ( / æ b ˈ k ɑː z , æ p ˈ h ɑː z / ab- KAHZ , ap- HAHZ ; [2] [3] Аԥсуа бызшәа [ˈɑpʰswɑ bəzʃᶣɑ] ), sometimes spelled Abxaz and also known as Abkhazian , [4] [5] is a Northwest Caucasian language most closely related to Abaza . It is spoken mostly by the Abkhaz people . It is one of the official
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
#2 Nikolai Nikolayevich Durnovo
Nikolai Nikolayevich Durnovo ( Russian : Никола́й Никола́евич Дурново́ ; 4 November [ O.S. 23 October ] 1876 – 27 October 1937) was a Russian linguist. He was sentenced to death and shot during the Great Purge . Russian linguist This article needs additional citations for verification . ( August
Eugene Petrovich Chelyshev or E. P. Chelyshev ( Russian: Евгений Петрович Челышев , 27 October 1921 – 13 July 2020 [1] ) was a Russian Indologist , academician and public figure. [2] [3] He was a full-time member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1987), and he was the Academician-Secretary of the
Józef Stanisław Łobodowski (born 1909, Pruwiszki – died 1988 Madrid ) was a Polish poet and political thinker . Polish poet and political thinker Józef Łobodowski Łobodowski in 1938 Born ( 1909-03-19 ) 19 March 1909 Purwiszki , Partitioned Poland Died 18 April 1988 (1988-04-18) (aged 79) Madrid ,
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
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL ( / ˈ r uː l ˈ t ɒ l k iː n / , ROOL TOL -keen ; [lower-alpha 1] 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist , and academic, best known as the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings . English philologis
Eugène-Emmanuel Mermet-Cachon (10 September 1828 – 14 March 1889), was a French priest and Roman Catholic missionary in Bakumatsu period Japan, who served as interpreter for and advisor to French diplomatic missions, playing crucial role in the development of a special relationship between the Frenc
#8 Mark Turin
Mark Turin (born 1973) is a British anthropologist, linguist and occasional radio broadcaster who specializes in the Himalayas and the Pacific Northwest . From 2014–2018, he served as Chair of the First Nations and Endangered Languages Program and Acting Co-Director of the Institute for Critical Ind
Richard Druckenbrod (May 29, 1929 — October 27, 2003) was a major twentieth-century Pennsylvania German language teacher, historian, pastor, and writer. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania , he graduated from Franklin and Marshall College . [1] In 1951, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for study at
Romulus Bărbulescu (October 27, 1925, Sulina – February 9, 2010, Bucharest ) was a Romanian science-fiction writer. Romanian writer This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( June 2011 ) Romulus Bărbulescu Born ( 1925-10-27 ) Octob
Aleksandar Stoyanov Teodorov-Balan ( Bulgarian : Александър Стоянов Теодоров-Балан; 27 October 1859 – 12 February 1959 ) was a Bulgarian linguist , historian and bibliographer . Monument to Balan Balan was born in the village of Kubey in the Russian Empire , today in Odessa Oblast , Ukraine , to a B
#12 Alphonse Matejka
Alphonse Matejka (9 January 1902 in St. Gallen , Switzerland - 27 October 1999 in La Chaux-de-Fonds , Switzerland) was a famous Occidentalist of Czech origin. [1] This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2022 ) Alphonse Matejka Born ( 1902-01-09 ) January 9, 1902 St. Gal
#13 Jack Lindsay
Jack Lindsay (20 October 1900 – 8 March 1990) was an Australian-born writer, who from 1926 lived in the United Kingdom, initially in Essex . He was born in Melbourne , but spent his formative years in Brisbane . He was the eldest son of Norman Lindsay and brother of author Philip Lindsay . Australia
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
#15 James Macpherson
James Macpherson ( Gaelic : Seumas MacMhuirich or Seumas Mac a' Phearsain ; 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of epic poems. [ citation needed ] For other people with similar names, see Ja
Peter Constantine (born 1963) is a British and American literary translator who has translated literary works from German, Russian, French, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek, Italian, Albanian, Dutch, and Slovene. British and American literary translator (born 1963) Peter Constantine Peter Constantine, 20
#17 Piet Drabbe
Piet Drabbe (born Petrus Drabbe in Heino, Netherlands , June 4, 1887; died in Arnhem, Netherlands , October 27, 1970) was a member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who worked successively from 1912 to 1960 in the Philippines , the Tanimbar Islands , and on the southern coast of Dutch New Guin
#18 Sextil Pușcariu
Sextil Iosif Pușcariu (4 January 1877 – 5 May 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian -born Romanian linguist and philologist, also known for his involvement in administrative and party politics. A native of Brașov educated in France and Germany, he was active in Transylvania 's cultural life and worked as a
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 .
#20 Tsutomu Miura
Tsutomu Miura ( 三浦 つとむ , Miura Tsutomu , 1911 - October 27, 1989) was a Japanese linguist born in Tokyo . Japanese linguist He studied language as expression from contentism and criticized formism and functionism, like structural linguistics or the theory of generative grammar . He regarded Tokieda