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.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German person
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human → linguist → philologist → |
| academicDiscipline |
comparative linguistics
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philology → |
| areaOfInfluence |
Central Asian linguistics
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Indo-European studies → |
| contributedTo |
decipherment of Tocharian
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establishing Tocharian as a separate branch of Indo-European → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
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| describedAs |
pioneer of Tocharian studies
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| era |
20th-century linguistics
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| fieldOfWork |
Indo-European linguistics
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Tocharian languages → historical linguistics → |
| gender |
male
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| hasResearchFocus |
Buddhist texts in Tocharian
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Central Asian manuscript traditions → |
| influenced |
classification of Indo-European branches
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later research on Tocharian → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
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| nationality |
German
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| nativeLanguage |
German
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| notableFor |
classification of Tocharian within the Indo-European language family
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pioneering work on Tocharian languages → |
| occupation |
linguist
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philologist → |
| partOf |
tradition of German comparative philology
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| studied |
Indo-European languages
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Tocharian A → Tocharian B → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Tocharian languages
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identifiedAsIndoEuropeanBy |