Wilhelm Siegling
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Wilhelm Siegling was a German linguist and philologist known for his pioneering work on the Tocharian languages and their classification within the Indo-European language family.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German person
ⓘ
human ⓘ linguist ⓘ philologist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
comparative linguistics
ⓘ
philology ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Central Asian linguistics
ⓘ
Indo-European studies ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
decipherment of Tocharian
ⓘ
establishing Tocharian as a separate branch of Indo-European ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | German Empire ⓘ |
| describedAs | pioneer of Tocharian studies ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century linguistics ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Indo-European linguistics
ⓘ
Tocharian languages ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasResearchFocus |
Buddhist texts in Tocharian
ⓘ
Central Asian manuscript traditions ⓘ |
| influenced |
classification of Indo-European branches
ⓘ
later research on Tocharian ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classification of Tocharian within the Indo-European language family
ⓘ
pioneering work on Tocharian languages ⓘ |
| occupation |
linguist
ⓘ
philologist ⓘ |
| partOf | tradition of German comparative philology ⓘ |
| studied |
Indo-European languages
ⓘ
Tocharian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Tocharian A
Tocharian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Tocharian B
|
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