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Jānis Endzelīns

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Nationality
  
Latvian

Name
  
Janis Endzelins

Alma mater
  
University of Dorpat

Born
  
22 February 1873 (
1873-02-22
)
Kauguri parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire

Died
  
1 July 1961(1961-07-01) (aged 88)Koknese, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union

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

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He has graduated from University of Dorpat. In 1908, he and Kārlis Mīlenbahs elaborated the modern Latvian alphabet, which slowly replaced the old orthography used before.

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