Wolf Leslau

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Wolf Leslau was a prominent linguist and scholar of Semitic and Ethiopian languages, renowned for his extensive fieldwork and documentation of endangered tongues.

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Wolf Leslau canonical 5

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ethiopianist ⓘ
Semiticist ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
person ⓘ
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ
citizenship Poland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Austria-Hungary ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
countryOfResidence United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1906-11-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2006-11-18 ⓘ
educatedAt Sorbonne ⓘ
linked to: Sorbonne University

University of Vienna ⓘ
employer University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish people ⓘ
linked to: Jews
familyName Leslau ⓘ
fieldOfWork Afroasiatic linguistics ⓘ
Ethiopian languages ⓘ
linked to: Ethiopian Semitic

Semitic languages ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
givenName Wolf ⓘ
knownFor fieldwork on endangered Ethiopian languages ⓘ
lexicography of Semitic languages ⓘ
research on Ethiopian Semitic languages ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Amharic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Geʽez ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
movement structural linguistics ⓘ
name Wolf Leslau ⓘ
notableFor documentation of Gafat ⓘ
documentation of Gurage languages ⓘ
documentation of Harari ⓘ
documentation of Soddo ⓘ
documentation of other endangered Ethiopian languages ⓘ
notableWork Comparative Dictionary of Geʽez (Classical Ethiopic) ⓘ
Concise Amharic Dictionary ⓘ
Ethiopian Semitic: Studies in Classification ⓘ
linked to: Ethiopian Semitic

Falasha Anthology ⓘ
occupation linguist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kraków ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
spouse Tosia Leslau ⓘ
workLocation Los Angeles ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gafat language → documentedBy → Wolf Leslau ⓘ
Qimant → documentedBy → Wolf Leslau ⓘ
Wolf Leslau → name → Wolf Leslau ⓘ
Gafat → documentedBy → Wolf Leslau ⓘ
Gafatigna → documentedBy → Wolf Leslau ⓘ