Wolf Leslau
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Wolf Leslau was a prominent linguist and scholar of Semitic and Ethiopian languages, renowned for his extensive fieldwork and documentation of endangered tongues.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ethiopianist
ⓘ
Semiticist ⓘ linguist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Poland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-11-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-11-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Sorbonne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Vienna ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish people
|
| familyName | Leslau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Afroasiatic linguistics
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Ethiopian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| givenName | Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fieldwork on endangered Ethiopian languages
ⓘ
lexicography of Semitic languages ⓘ research on Ethiopian Semitic languages ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Amharic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Geʽez NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement | structural linguistics ⓘ |
| name | Wolf Leslau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
documentation of Gafat
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documentation of Gurage languages ⓘ documentation of Harari ⓘ documentation of Soddo ⓘ documentation of other endangered Ethiopian languages ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Comparative Dictionary of Geʽez (Classical Ethiopic)
NERFINISHED
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Concise Amharic Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopian Semitic: Studies in Classification NERFINISHED ⓘ Falasha Anthology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
linguist
ⓘ
professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kraków NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse | Tosia Leslau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
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