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Jānis Endzelīns (22 February 1873 – 1 July 1961) was a Latvian linguist.

He graduated from the University of Tartu.[1] In 1908, he and Kārlis Mīlenbahs developed the modern Latvian alphabet, which slowly replaced the old orthography used before.

He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1936. His son was chess master Lūcijs Endzelīns.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rožkalne, Anita; LU literatūras; folkloras un mākslas institūts (2003). Latviešu rakstniecība biogrāfijās (in Latvian). Riga: Zinātne. ISBN 9984-698-48-3. OCLC 54799673.
  2. ^ "J. Endzelin (1873–1961)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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