P. O. Bodding

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P. O. Bodding was a Norwegian missionary and linguist renowned for his pioneering documentation and analysis of several Indian tribal languages, including Mundari and Santali.

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P. O. Bodding canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
affiliation Norwegian Missionary Society ⓘ
areaOfActivity Jharkhand region ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ
contributedTo collection of Santali folklore ⓘ
description of Santali grammar ⓘ
lexicography of Mundari ⓘ
lexicography of Santali ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Norway ⓘ
ethnicGroup Norwegian ⓘ
familyName Bodding ⓘ
fieldOfWork anthropology ⓘ
folklore studies ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
givenName Olaf ⓘ
Paul ⓘ
hasInfluenced later research on Munda languages ⓘ
missionary linguistics in India ⓘ
subsequent Santali linguistics ⓘ
knownFor pioneering documentation of Indian tribal languages ⓘ
work on the Mundari language ⓘ
work on the Santali language ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Mundari ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ
linked to: Norwegian language

Santali ⓘ
linked to: Santhali
name Paul Olaf Bodding ⓘ
notableAchievement early scientific analysis of Munda languages ⓘ
helped standardize written Santali ⓘ
produced extensive ethnographic records of the Santal people ⓘ
notableWork documentation of the Mundari language ⓘ
documentation of the Santali language ⓘ
translation of the Bible into Santali ⓘ
occupation Bible translator ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
studied Indian tribal cultures ⓘ
Mundari language ⓘ
linked to: Mundari

Santali language ⓘ
workLocation India ⓘ
Santal Parganas ⓘ

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Mundari → hasLinguisticResearchBy → P. O. Bodding ⓘ