Harry L. Shorto

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Harry L. Shorto was a British linguist and philologist renowned for his pioneering comparative work on Austroasiatic languages and the reconstruction of Proto-Austroasiatic.

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instanceOf British person
linguist
person
philologist
academicDiscipline Southeast Asian studies
approach reconstruction of proto-languages from cognate sets
citizenship United Kingdom
contributedTo reconstruction of Proto-Austroasiatic phonology
reconstruction of Proto-Mon–Khmer
employer School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London NERFINISHED
era 20th century
familyName Shorto NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Austroasiatic linguistics
linguistics
philology
givenName Harry NERFINISHED
influenced later Austroasiatic comparative linguistics
subsequent reconstructions of Proto-Austroasiatic
knownFor Mon language studies
Mon–Khmer etymological research
comparative work on Austroasiatic languages
reconstruction of Proto-Austroasiatic
languageFamilyStudied Austroasiatic languages NERFINISHED
Mon–Khmer languages NERFINISHED
legacy foundational data for Austroasiatic comparative studies
standard reference works on Mon and Mon–Khmer
methodology comparative method in historical linguistics
name Harry L. Shorto NERFINISHED
nationality United Kingdom NERFINISHED
notability pioneer of Austroasiatic comparative linguistics
notableWork A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon NERFINISHED
A Mon–Khmer Comparative Dictionary NERFINISHED
Dictionary of the Mon Inscriptions from the Sixth to the Sixteenth Centuries NERFINISHED
occupation researcher
university teacher
regionOfStudy Mainland Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
researchInterest Mon inscriptions
comparative linguistics
epigraphy
historical linguistics
studiedLanguage Khasi NERFINISHED
Khmer
Mon NERFINISHED
Palaungic languages
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

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Proto-Austroasiatic reconstructedBy Harry L. Shorto