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Isidore Dyen

American linguist · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1913 to 2008 · aged 95

Isidore Dyen was an American linguist and Professor Emeritus of Malayo-Polynesian and Comparative Linguistics at Yale University.

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship1949

About this person

He was one of the foremost scholars in the field of Austronesian linguistics, publishing extensively on the reconstruction of Proto-Austronesian phonology and on subgrouping within the language family, the latter principally by means of lexicostatistics.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 2008 · aged 95