Marian Klamer (born in 1965 in Pirimapun, Papua province, Indonesia[1]) is a linguist who specializes in Austronesian and Papuan languages.[2] Her interests include the documentation of minority languages, Malay language varieties, linguistic typology, historical linguistics, and language contact.
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Born | Margaretha Anna Flora Klamer 1965 Pirimapun, Papua, Indonesia |
Occupation | Linguist |
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Klamer was born in Pirimapun village in what is now Safan District, Asmat Regency, Papua province, Indonesia,[3] and spent her childhood there.[3] In 1990, she completed a Master's degree in General Linguistics at VU Amsterdam.[4] She obtained her doctorate in 1994 on the basis of Kambera: a language of Eastern Indonesia.[5]
Klamer conducts extensive linguistic research in eastern Indonesia.[3] As of 2014, she is a professor at Leiden University.[4] She is the author of 50 articles and a number of scientific publications, including grammatical descriptions of the Kambera, Teiwa, and Alor languages.[6]
In 2019 Klamer was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[7]
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