Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The Linguist's Calendar: January 15

Jorge Sampaio


January 15
 
1961: Knut Bergsland and Hans Vogt submit their classic article “On the Validity of Glotto­chrono­logy” to Current Anthropology.
 
1999: Portuguese president Jorge Sampaio promulgates a law stipulating that Mirandese (which one might argue is a dialect of Spanish) be the official language in the region of north-eastern Portugal where it is spoken.

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