LINGUIST

Kazimieras Būga

1879 - 1924

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Kazimieras Būga (Lithuanian pronunciation: [kɐˈzʲɪˈmʲiərɐs buːˈɡɐ]; November 6, 1879 – December 2, 1924) was a Lithuanian linguist and philologist. He was a professor of linguistics, who mainly worked on the Lithuanian language. He was born at Pažiegė, near Dusetos, then part of the Russian Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kazimieras Būga has received more than 22,907 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Kazimieras Būga is the 152nd most popular linguist, the 155th most popular biography from Lithuania and the 2nd most popular Lithuanian Linguist.

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  • 54.87

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Kazimieras Būga ranks 152 out of 214. Before him are William Dwight Whitney, Zellig Harris, Gerhard Rohlfs, Sylvain Lévi, Alexander Veselovsky, and Mary Boyce. After him are Martí de Riquer i Morera, John Lyons, Arsène Darmesteter, Ziad Fazah, Arnold Chikobava, and Hermann Hirt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Kazimieras Būga ranks 177. Before him are Grzegorz Fitelberg, Ernst Schultz, Agnes Arber, Sara Allgood, Steponas Kairys, and Ellen Gleditsch. After him are Manuel Arce y Ochotorena, Sydney Greenstreet, Lewis Stone, Cyril Scott, Patrick Abercrombie, and Lois Weber. Among people deceased in 1924, Kazimieras Būga ranks 104. Before him are Lin Shu, Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, Stan Rowley, Herman Heijermans, Hannibal Sehested, and Teodor Teodorov. After him are Herman Georges Berger, Stefan Toshev, Joseph Timchenko, Louis Perrée, Ragna Nielsen, and Vlastimil Tusar.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Kazimieras Būga ranks 155 out of 328. Before him are Bernard Lown (1921), Steponas Kairys (1879), Ernestas Galvanauskas (1882), Ignaty Krachkovsky (1883), Napoleon Cybulski (1854), and Lena Valaitis (1943). After him are Irena Degutienė (1949), Joe Slovo (1926), Vincentas Sladkevičius (1920), Abram Deborin (1881), Valdemaras Chomičius (1959), and Mikalojus Daukša (1527).

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Among LINGUISTS In Lithuania

Among linguists born in Lithuania, Kazimieras Būga ranks 2. Before him are Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858).

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