George van Driem
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George "Sjors" van Driem (born 1957) is a Dutch linguist associated with the University of Bern,[1] where he was the chair of Historical Linguistics and directed the Linguistics Institute.[2] He became professor emeritus in 2022.
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Born | 1957 (age 66ā67) |
Nationality | Dutch |
Occupation | Linguist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Leiden University |
Thesis | A Grammar of Limbu (1987) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Bern |
Main interests | Trans-Himalayan languages, human evolutionary genetics |
Notable works | Languages of the Himalayas (2001) |
Notable ideas | Father Tongue hypothesis, East Asian languages, "Fallen leaves" |
Website | www |
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