# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/salikoko-s-mufwene
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:44:40.626Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/salikoko-s-mufwene"
name: "Salikoko S. Mufwene"
slug: "salikoko-s-mufwene"
description: "Salikoko S. Mufwene is a linguist born in Mbaya-Lareme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He is the Edward Carson Waller Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, where he holds appointments in the Department of Linguistics, the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, and the College. He is recognized for his contributions to the study of creole languages, language evolution, and sociolinguistics."
tagline: "Congolese (DRC) and American linguist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Salikoko_Mufwene_2024.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-11-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.611916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ساليكوكو موفوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salikoko_Mufwene"
    title: "Salikoko Mufwene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salikoko_Mufwene"
    title: "Salikoko Mufwene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salikoko_Mufwene"
    title: "Salikoko Mufwene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salikoko_Mufwene"
    title: "Salikoko Mufwene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7404530"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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