# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-hyman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:45:42.107Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-hyman"
name: "Larry Hyman"
slug: "larry-hyman"
description: "Larry M. Hyman is an American linguist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He specializes in phonology and has particular interest in African languages."
tagline: "American linguist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.470518666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Larry Hyman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لاري هايمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لارى هايمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hyman"
    title: "Larry Hyman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "لری هایمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hyman"
    title: "Larry Hyman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539515"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump