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Jānis Endzelīns

Jānis Endzelīns
Born (1873-02-22)22 February 1873
Kauguri parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died 1 July 1961(1961-07-01) (aged 88)
Koknese, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Latvian
Alma mater University of Dorpat

Jānis Endzelīns (22 February 1873 – 1 July 1961) was a Latvian linguist.

He has graduated from University of Dorpat. In 1908, he and Kārlis Mīlenbahs elaborated the modern Latvian alphabet, which slowly replaced the old orthography used before.


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