langs: 4 сентября [ru] / september 4 [en] / 4. september [de] / 4 septembre [fr] / 4 settembre [it] / 4 de septiembre [es]
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#1 Cuneiform
Cuneiform [note 1] is a logo - syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Middle East . [4] The script was in active use from the early Bronze Age until the beginning of the Common Era . [5] It is named for the characteristic wedge-shaped impressions ( Latin : cuneus ) w
Miriwoong , also written Miriuwung and Miriwung , is an Aboriginal Australian language which today has fewer than 20 fluent speakers, most of whom live in or near Kununurra in Western Australia . [3] All of the fluent speakers are elderly and the Miriwoong language is considered to be critically end
#2 Cumbric
Cumbric was a variety of the Common Brittonic language spoken during the Early Middle Ages in the Hen Ogledd or "Old North" in what is now Northern England and southern Lowland Scotland . [2] It was closely related to Old Welsh and the other Brittonic languages . Place name evidence suggests Cumbric
#1 Estela Canto
Estela Canto (September 4, 1915 – June 3, 1994 [1] ) was an Argentine writer, journalist and translator best known for her relationship with Jorge Luis Borges . Argentine writer, journalist and translator Estela Canto Jorge Luis Borges with Estela Canto in 1945 Born September 4, 1915 Buenos Aires, A
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
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
Nollaig Ó Muraíle is an Irish scholar. He published an acclaimed edition of Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh 's Leabhar na nGenealach in 2004. He was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy in 2009. Irish scholar This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources
#5 Yuan Jiahua
Yuan Jiahua ( simplified Chinese : 袁家骅 ; traditional Chinese : 袁家驊 ; pinyin : Yuán Jiāhuá , [ɥɛ ̌ n tɕja ́ xwa ̌ ] ; January 1903 – 4 September 1980) was a Chinese linguist and dialectologist from Zhangjiagang , Jiangsu province. He graduated from the English Department of Peking University in 1
Christian Garnier (1872–1898) was a French geographer and linguist best known for developing a systematic transcription method for geographical names. At the age of 14, he became the youngest member of the Société de Géographie in Paris, and went on to write several books dealing with select topics
George Yurii Shevelov (name at birth German : George Yurii Schneider , Ukrainian : Юрій Володимирович Шнайдер , romanized : Yurii Volodymyrovych Shnaider ) also known by his numerous literary pseudonyms Yurii Sherekh, Hryhory Shevchuk, Šerech, Sherekh, Sher; Гр. Ш. , Hr. Sh. , Ю. Ш. , Yu. Sh. , et
Hushang Irani ( Persian : هوشنگ ایرانی ; 1925 in Hamedan – 4 September 1973 in Paris ) was an Iranian poet , translator , critics , journalist and painter . He is one of the pioneers of "The New Poetry" and surrealism in Iran. Hushang Irani Born 1925 Hamedan , Iran Died September 4, 1973 (1973-09-04
#9 Hồ Văn Trung
Hồ Văn Trung ( Chữ Hán : 胡文中, 1885–1958) was a Vietnamese writer. [1] Vietnamese writer Hồ Văn Trung 胡文中 Portrait. Born ( 1885-10-01 ) 1 October 1885 Bình Thành village, Gò Công district, Cochinchina Died 4 September 1958 (1958-09-04) (aged 72) Phú Nhuận district, Saigon , Vietnam Pen name Hồ Biểu
#10 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
#11 Johannes Sass
Johannes Sass (also in German: Saß ) born ( 1889-09-04 ) 4 September 1889 in Hamburg, died ( 1971-12-31 ) 31 December 1971 ) was a linguist who specialized in the Low German language. He obtained his doctorate in 1926 from the University of Hamburg . This article does not cite any sources . ( July 2
Peter Erasmus Müller (29 May 1776 – 4 September 1834), was a Danish historian , linguist , theologian , and bishop of the Diocese of Zealand from 1830 until his death. [1] Peter Erasmus Müller Bishop of Zealand Lithograph from ca. 1844 Church Church of Denmark Diocese Diocese of Zealand In office 18
Bernardino de Sahagún ( Spanish: [beɾnaɾˈðino ðe saaˈɣun] ; c. 1499 – 5 February 1590) was a Franciscan friar , missionary priest and pioneering ethnographer who participated in the Catholic evangelization of colonial New Spain (now Mexico ). Born in Sahagún , Spain, in 1499, he journeyed to New S
Sándor Csoma de Kőrös ( Hungarian: [ˈʃaːndor ˈkøːrøʃi ˈt͡ʃomɒ] ; born Sándor Csoma ; 27 March 1784/8 [1] – 11 April 1842) was a Hungarian philologist and Orientalist, author of the first Tibetan – English dictionary and grammar book. He was called Phyi-glin-gi-grwa-pa in Tibetan, meaning " the f
#15 Fernand Carton
Fernand Carton (4 September 1921 – 16 November 2019) was a French linguist who specialized in Picardic dialects. [1] French linguist (1921–2019) Fernand Carton Born ( 1921-09-04 ) 4 September 1921 Roubaix , France Died 16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) (aged 98) Malzéville , France Academic background
Sir Richard Percivale ( alias Perceval etc.) (1550 – 4 September 1620) of Sydenham , near Bridgwater , Somerset, was an English administrator and politician, also known as a Hispanist and lexicographer. He wrote a Spanish grammar for English readers, A Spanish Grammar , and a dictionary, both includ
#17 Antoine Culioli
Antoine Culioli (4 September 1924 – 9 February 2018) [1] was a French linguist of Corsican origins. He developed a linguistic theory known as “ Théorie des Opérations Énonciatives ” (sometimes abbreviated as TOE ). French linguist (1924–2018) He was influenced by Émile Benveniste , Gustave Guillaume
#18 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
#19 Shlomo Morag
Shlomo Morag , also spelled Shelomo Morag ( Hebrew : שלמה מורג ; 17 July 1926 – 1999), was an Israeli professor at the department of Hebrew Language at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . Morag founded the Jewish Oral Traditions Research Center at the Hebrew University and served as the head of Ben
#20 Bruce Biggs
Bruce Grandison Biggs CBE FRSNZ (4 September 1921 – 18 October 2000) was an influential figure in the academic field of Māori studies in New Zealand. The first academic appointed (1950) to teach the Māori language at a New Zealand university, he taught and trained a whole generation of Māori academi