Sunday, August 5, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: August 5


Aasen visittkort 1881
Ivar Aasen


August 5 
1813: Ivar Aasen, the creator of Nynorsk, is born in Ørsta.
 
1890: James Edwin Danelson sends out a circular regarding the formation of a Volapük club in New York.

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