Sunday, December 2, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: December 2

Desmond Derbyshire
December 2
 
1906: Antoine Meillet becomes a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
 
1985: The Summer Institute of Linguistics this day publishes Desmond Derbyshire’s extensive treatment of the Amazonian language Hixkaryána.
 
1999: The Swedish parliament gives official recognition to five minority languages: Standard Finnish, Meänkieli Finnish, Saami, Romani, and Yiddish.

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