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DNBBirth:
24th June 1875 (Thursday), Baden, Lower Saxony
Death:
31st May 1956 (Thursday), Baden, Lower Saxony
Age at death:
80
Info:
weer Linguist un Afrikanist; Broder to Brüne Westermann
Info from Wikipedia:
Diedrich Hermann Westermann was a German missionary, Africanist, and linguist. He substantially extended and revised the work of Carl Meinhof, his teacher, although he rejected some of Meinhof's theories only implicitly. Westermann is seen as one of the founders of modern African linguistics.
He carried out extensive linguistic and anthropological research in the area ranging from Senegal eastwards to the Upper Nile. His linguistic publications cover a wide range of African languages, including the Gbe languages, Nuer, Kpelle, Shilluk, Hausa, and Guang.
He carried out extensive linguistic and anthropological research in the area ranging from Senegal eastwards to the Upper Nile. His linguistic publications cover a wide range of African languages, including the Gbe languages, Nuer, Kpelle, Shilluk, Hausa, and Guang.
No own Low German works, only translations or works about Low German.
Works authored by Diedrich Westermann
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