Jānis Endzelīns | |
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Born |
Kauguri parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
22 February 1873
Died | 1 July 1961 Koknese, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
(aged 88)
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.