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Paul Ariste

1905 - 1990

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Paul Ariste (3 February 1905 – 2 February 1990) was an Estonian linguist renowned for his studies of the Finno-Ugric languages (especially Estonian and Votic), Yiddish and Baltic Romani language. He was born as Paul Berg, in Rääbise, Võtikvere Parish (now Jõgeva Parish), Kreis Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire, but in 1927 Estonized his name to Ariste. He graduated from the University of Tartu and subsequently worked with it. Ariste wrote his M.A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Ariste has received more than 24,780 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Paul Ariste is the 95th most popular linguist (down from 86th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Estonia (down from 67th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Estonian Linguist.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.47

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Paul Ariste ranks 95 out of 214. Before him are Bernhard Karlgren, Albert Sechehaye, Adolf Erman, Stephen Krashen, Gustaf John Ramstedt, and George Abraham Grierson. After him are John Chadwick, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Michael Halliday, Alexander Potebnja, Johannes Schmidt, and Yuen Ren Chao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Paul Ariste ranks 155. Before him are Michael Powell, Nise da Silveira, Georges Schehadé, Theodor Oberländer, Erich Neumann, and Aldo Fabrizi. After him are Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Oleksandr Korniychuk, Osvaldo Pugliese, Ferenc Farkas, Raúl Leoni, and Gaston Eyskens. Among people deceased in 1990, Paul Ariste ranks 124. Before him are Venedikt Yerofeyev, Dodie Smith, Feng Youlan, Michael Powell, Zhang Qun, and Aldo Fabrizi. After him are Otto Ambros, Kelly Johnson, Pierre Musy, David Stirling, José Napoleón Duarte, and Dámaso Alonso.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Paul Ariste ranks 71 out of 351. Before him are Jüri Lossmann (1891), Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793), August Kork (1887), Herman Wrangel (1584), Viktor Kingissepp (1888), and Edgar Savisaar (1950). After him are Alexander von Benckendorff (1782), Hella Wuolijoki (1886), Eduard Vilde (1865), Heino Eller (1887), Käbi Laretei (1922), and Kazimierz Świątek (1914).

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Among LINGUISTS In Estonia

Among linguists born in Estonia, Paul Ariste ranks 2. Before him are Johannes Aavik (1880). After him are Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1805).

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