langs: 31 октября [ru] / october 31 [en] / 31. oktober [de] / 31 octobre [fr] / 31 ottobre [it] / 31 de octubre [es]
days: october 28 / october 29 / october 30 / october 31 / november 1 / november 2 / november 3
The Valyrian languages are a fictional language family in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin , and in their television adaptation Game of Thrones and later House of the Dragon . Fictional languages in "Game of Thrones" Valyrian Created by David J. Peterson ,
#2 Old Kannada
Old Kannada or Halegannada ( Kannada : ಹಳೆಗನ್ನಡ , romanized: Haḷegannaḍa ) is the Kannada language which transformed from Purvada halegannada or Pre-old Kannada during the reign of the Kadambas of Banavasi (ancient royal dynasty of Karnataka 345−525 CE). [1] Old Kannada Era evolved into Kannada ca
The Slavic languages , also known as the Slavonic languages , are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples and their descendants. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Slavic , spoken during the Early Middle Ages , which in turn is thought to have desce
Melissa Bowerman (April 3, 1942 – October 31, 2011) was a leading researcher in the area of language acquisition. From 1982-2007, she was a senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics . Dutch linguist Melissa Bowerman Born ( 1942-04-03 ) April 3, 1942 Died October 31, 20
Alexander Kibrik ( Russian : Александр Евгеньевич Кибрик ; March 26, 1939 – 31 October, 2012) [1] was a Russian linguist , doctor of philology and the head of the department of theoretical and applied linguistics of the Philological Faculty of Moscow State University .
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
Krišjānis Barons (October 31, 1835 – March 8, 1923) was a Latvian writer who is known as the "father of the dainas " ( Latvian : "Dainu Tēvs" ) thanks largely to his systematization of the Latvian folk songs and his labour in preparing their texts for publication in Latvju dainas . His portrait appe
Carl Hugo Hahn (1818–1895) was a Baltic German missionary and linguist who worked in South Africa and South-West Africa for most of his life. Together with Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt , he set up the first Rhenish mission station to the Herero people in Gross Barmen . Hahn is known for his scientifi
James Owen Dorsey (October 31, 1848 – February 4, 1895) was an American ethnologist , linguist , and Episcopalian missionary in the Dakota Territory , who contributed to the description of the Ponca , Omaha , and other southern Siouan languages . He worked for the Bureau of American Ethnology of the
#7 Ben Jonson
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) [2] was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours ; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour [3] (1598), Volpon
#8 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
Subrat Kumar Prusty (born 1976) is an Indian Odia-language scholar, activist, social entrepreneur , literary critic and author. [1] [2] He is Member and Secretary of the Institute of Odia Studies and Research , Bhubaneswar , Odisha . [3] He was instrumental in preparing the research documents, advoc
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
Manfred Mayrhofer (26 September 1926 – 31 October 2011) was an Austrian Indo-Europeanist who specialized in Indo-Iranian languages . Mayrhofer served as professor emeritus at the University of Vienna . He is noted for his etymological dictionary of Sanskrit . Austrian linguist Manfred Mayrhofer Born
#12 Guy Bailey
Guy Hubert Bailey (born August 9, 1950) is a sociolinguist and the 1st president of the University of Texas–Rio Grande Valley . [1] [2] He was the president of the University of Alabama , his baccalaureate alma mater . [3] [4] [5] He was previously the president of Texas Tech University and held ear
#13 Dubravko Škiljan
Dubravko Škiljan (October 31, 1949 in Zagreb – July 21, 2007 in Zagreb), was a Croatian linguist known for his work on Classical philology and semiotics . Croatian linguist This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2013 )
Pushpa Ratna Sagar ( Nepali : पुष्प रत्न सागर ) (born Pushpa Ratna Tuladhar ) (29 October 1922 – 11 November 2011) was a Nepalese merchant, grammarian, lexicographer and pioneer pressman . [1] Born Pushpa Ratna Tuladhar in Asan Dhalasikwa, Kathmandu , he acquired the nickname Sagar in his childhood