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Mesrop Mashtots

361 - 440

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Mesrop Mashtots (; Armenian: Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց Mesrop Maštoc'; Eastern Armenian: [mɛsˈɾop maʃˈtotsʰ]; Western Armenian: [mɛsˈɾob maʃˈtotsʰ]; 362 – February 17, 440 AD) was an Armenian linguist, composer, theologian, statesman, and hymnologist in the Sasanian Empire. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church. He is best known for inventing the Armenian alphabet c. 405 AD, which was a fundamental step in strengthening Armenian national identity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mesrop Mashtots has received more than 460,543 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Mesrop Mashtots is the 10th most popular linguist (down from 7th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 156th in 2019) and the most popular Linguist.

Mesrop Mashtots is most famous for inventing the Armenian alphabet, which was the first alphabet to be created in the world.

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  • 460k

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  • 69.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Mesrop Mashtots ranks 10 out of 214. Before him are Mahmud al-Kashgari, Antoine Meillet, William James Sidis, Roman Jakobson, Noah Webster, and Edgar de Wahl. After him are Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Franz Bopp, Pāṇini, August Schleicher, Rasmus Rask, and Kūkai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 361, Mesrop Mashtots ranks 1. After him is Flavia Maxima Constantia. Among people deceased in 440, Mesrop Mashtots ranks 2. Before him is Pope Sixtus III. After him are Socrates of Constantinople, and Isidore of Pelusium.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mesrop Mashtots ranks 123 out of 1,347. Before him are Malhun Hatun (1350), Photios I of Constantinople (900), Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634), Michael III (840), John I Tzimiskes (925), and Artemisia I of Caria (-500). After him are Sabbatai Zevi (1626), Parascheva of the Balkans (1000), Constans II (630), Andronikos II Palaiologos (1259), Manuel II Palaiologos (1350), and Isaac II Angelos (1155).

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Among LINGUISTS In Türkiye

Among linguists born in Türkiye, Mesrop Mashtots ranks 1. After him are Agop Dilâçar (1895), and Hrachia Acharian (1876).

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