Janhunen, Juha, 1952-

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Summary: Juha Antero Janhunen is a Finnish linguist whose wide interests include Uralic and Mongolic languages. Since 1994, he has been Professor in East Asian studies at the University of Helsinki. He has done fieldwork on Samoyedic languages and on Khamnigan Mongol. More recently, he has collaborated with Chinese scholar Wu Yingzhe to produce a critical edition of two newly discovered Liao Dynasty epitaphs written in the Khitan small script. Janhunen has also worked along with Ekaterina Gruzdeva on revitalizing the Nivkh language. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][3][4][5][6]; Unknown [2]
Born: 1952 [2]; 1952-02-12 [6]
Birth Place: Pori [2][6]
Country: Finland [2]
Website: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/b535cfc7-918c-49a2-b61e-a619e9706f1e [6]
Language: Finnish [3][4]; English [4]
Occupation: Valodnieks [4]; Profesors [4]; anthropologist [6]; linguist [6]; university teacher [6]; scientist [6]
Employer: University of Helsinki [6]
Work Place: Helsinki [2]
Field of Activity: Valodniecība [4]; Somu valoda [4]; Austrumu valodas [4]; Urāliešu valodas [4]; Mongoļu valoda [4]; Samodiešu valodas [4]
Educated at: University of Helsinki [6]
Country of Education: Finland [6]
Yale LUX: Entity [6]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Latvia; 5. National Library of Korea; 6. Wikidata

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