# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-baudouin-de-courtenay
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:06:20.179Z

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name: "Jan Baudouin de Courtenay"
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description: "Jan Niecisław Ignacy Baudouin de Courtenay, also known as Ivan Alexandrovich Baudouin de Courtenay, was a Polish linguist and Slavist, best known for his theory of the phoneme and phonetic alternations."
tagline: "Polish linguist and slavist (1845-1929)"
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birthDate: "1845-03-13"
deathDate: "1929-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump