George van Driem | |
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Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
Nationality | Dutch |
Occupation | Linguist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Leiden University |
Thesis | A Grammar of Limbu (1987) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Bern |
Main interests | Trans-Himalayan languages, human evolutionary genetics |
Notable ideas | Father Tongue hypothesis, East Asian languages, "Fallen leaves" |
George "Sjors" van Driem (born 1957) is a Dutch professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of Bern.[1] He studied East Asian languages and is known for the father tongue hypothesis.