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10 languages. العربية ... Pages in category "Lists of European people" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect ...
A list of 17 words was recorded in 1576 by Christopher Hall, an assistant to Martin Frobisher. [192] [193] 1806: Tswana: Heinrich Lictenstein – Upon the Language of the Beetjuana: The first complete Bible translation was published in 1857 by Robert Moffat. 1819: Cherokee: Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary: 1820: Maori: grammar by Thomas Kendall ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 December 2024. Leif Erikson (c.970–c.1020) was a famous Norse explorer who is credited for being the first European to set foot on American soil. Explorers are listed below with their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries of activity and main areas of exploration. Marco ...
This list is part of the List of organisms named after famous people, and includes organisms named after famous individuals born before 1 January 1800. It also includes ensembles in which at least one member was born before that date; but excludes companies, institutions, ethnic groups or nationalities, and populated places.
[1] [2] Out of a total European population of 744 million as of 2018, some 94% are native speakers of an Indo-European language. The three largest phyla of the Indo-European language family in Europe are Romance, Germanic, and Slavic; they have more than 200 million speakers each, and together account for close to 90% of Europeans.
Mac/Mc, meaning Son, and Ó, meaning Little (or Descendant), are used by sons born into the family. In the case of a daughter being born into the family she would use Ní/Nic, for example Ó Muireadhaigh becomes Ní Mhuireadhaigh. A woman who marries into the family and takes her husband's name uses Uí/Mic- e.g. Uí Mhuireadhaigh. [36] [37]
In addition to his native language, German, he knew a number of modern European languages. At the age of sixty-two, he began studying Russian and mastered it within two years. [15] Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832), French Egyptologist. He knew Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, Amharic, and Coptic. [17]
Kornelia Ender (born 1958), swimmer; became the first woman swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games , all in world record times; Karin Enke (born 1961), speed skater; one of the most dominant of the 1980s; Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1951), boxer; Rudi Fink (born 1958), boxer; Birgit Fischer (born 1962), kayaker