The Most Famous
LINGUISTS from Pakistan
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Pakistani Linguists of all time. This list of famous Pakistani Linguists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Pāṇini (-500 - -460)
With an HPI of 66.28, Pāṇini is the most famous Pakistani Linguist. His biography has been translated into 67 different languages on wikipedia.
Pāṇini (; Sanskrit: पाणिनि [pāṇini]) was a Sanskrit grammarian, logician, philologist, and revered scholar in ancient India, variously dated between the 7th and 4th century BCE. With his most notable work, the Aṣṭādhyāyī, Pāṇini has been considered the "first descriptive linguist", and even labelled as "the father of linguistics". His approach to grammar influenced many foundational linguists in the modern time.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Pakistani linguists born between 500 BC and 500 BC. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Pakistani linguists include Pāṇini.
