# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/una-canger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:50:43.706Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/una-canger"
name: "Una Canger"
slug: "una-canger"
description: "Una Canger is a Danish linguist specializing in languages of Mesoamerica. She has published mostly about the Nahuatl language with a particular focus on the dialectology of Modern Nahuatl, and is considered among the world's leading specialists in this area. She held tenure at the University of Copenhagen, leading the department for Native American Languages and Cultures until she reached the age of 70 in 2008 and was forced into retirement. In 2012 she was awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle for her contributions to the study of Mexican culture. In 2005 she received the teaching prize of Copenhagen University, the Harald."
tagline: "Linguist"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-05-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.47
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.269150666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Una_Canger"
    title: "Una Canger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Una_Canger"
    title: "Una Canger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Una_Canger"
    title: "Una Canger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Una_Canger"
    title: "Una Canger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Una_Canger"
    title: "Una Canger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Una_Canger"
    title: "Una Canger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4004148"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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