Sunday, March 31, 2013

The Linguist’s Calendar: March 31

yuri knorosov, the person who deciphered mayan script, and a cat (name unknown). i’m not sure if he qualifies as ‘cute’ per se, but he was certainly a damn fine linguist. cheers, nick
Yuri Knorosov
March 31   

Australia’s “Assembly of First Nations” celebrates the “Official Aboriginal Language Day”.
 
1966: The Haut Comité pour la défense et l’expansion de la langue française is created.
 
1999: Death of Yuri Knorosov, decipherer of the Maya script.
 
2002: A Swedish government-appointed commission reports on the possibilities of strengthening the position of Swedish vis-à-vis English in that country.

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