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Heinz Kloss


Heinz Kloss (30 October 1904, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt – 13 June 1987) was a German linguist and internationally recognised authority on linguistic minorities.

He coined the terms "abstandsprache" and "ausbausprache" to try to describe the differences between what is commonly called a language and what is commonly called a dialect.


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