# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-adelaar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:09:24.480Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-adelaar"
name: "Willem Adelaar"
slug: "willem-adelaar"
description: "Willem F. H. Adelaar is a Dutch linguist specializing in Native American languages, specially those of the Andes. He is a Professor of Indigenous American Linguistics and Cultures at Leiden University."
tagline: "Linguist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WillemAdelaar2026.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-02-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.84
  momentum:             6.666666666666666
  historical:           5.271886666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Willem Adelaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليم اديلار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Adelaar"
    title: "Willem Adelaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Adelaar"
    title: "Willem Adelaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Adelaar"
    title: "Willem Adelaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Adelaar"
    title: "Willem Adelaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5575537"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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