Diedrich Hermann Westermann (June 24, 1875 – May 31, 1956) was a German missionary, Africanist, and linguist. He substantially extended and revised the...
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journalist and cultural critic Diedrich Henne (1834–1913), German-born Australian botanist Diedrich Hermann Westermann (1875–1956), German missionary...
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Protestant theologian Diedrich Westermann (1875–1956), German missionary, ethnographer and African linguist François Joseph Westermann (1751–1794), Alsace-born...
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Similar classifications to Niger–Congo have been made ever since Diedrich Westermann in 1922. Joseph Greenberg continued that tradition, making it the...
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Diedrich Westermann-Workshop (West-central African linguistic history between Macro-Sudan Belt and Niger-Congo: commemorating Diedrich Westermann’s legacy...
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Claus Westermann (7 October 1909 – 11 June 2000) was a German Protestant Old Testament scholar. He taught at the University of Heidelberg from 1958 to...
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1938 in Afrikaner erzhählen ihr Leben (Africans tell their life) by Diedrich Westermann, a collection of eleven self-portrayals of African natives. "Marthe...
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in 1907. The first inklings of a wider family came in 1912, when Diedrich Westermann included three of the (still independent) Central Sudanic families...
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dealt with medicine. In 1947, together with Richard Hartmann and Diedrich Westermann, he founded the Institute for Oriental Research at the Berlin...
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the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures, Ed. Diedrich Westermann.) Vol VIII, 1935, published by Oxford University Press, London. Stephen...
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Lepsius Lionel Bender Wilhelm Bleek Christopher Ehret Carl Meinhof Diedrich Westermann Joseph Greenberg Arabization Asian Africans Dutch Language Union...
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domains of phonology and tonology. Her 1933 collaboration with Diedrich Hermann Westermann, Practical Phonetics for Students of African languages, has been...
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Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian supercentenarian (d. 1987) June 24 – Diedrich Westermann, German linguist (d. 1956) June 28 – Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician...
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the 'LUO', lwanda magere) by Philip Ochieng, Nation Media Group, January, 2009. The Shilluk People, Their Language and Folklore by Diedrich Westermann...
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University Press. pp. 209–210, 224–225. ISBN 978-0-521-20981-6. Diedrich Westermann; Edwin William Smith; Cyril Daryll Forde (1989). Africa. Oxford University...
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Directorate of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, January 1995 Diedrich Westermann, Edwin William Smith, Cyril Daryll Forde (2009). Africa, Volume 79...
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development). Intermediate Technology Publications. ISBN 978-1-85339-321-1. Diedrich Westermann; Edwin William Smith; Cyril Daryll Forde (1998). "Africa, Volume...
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Sciences Po Paris: 4. Retrieved 13 March 2022. Hoehne, Markus V. (2015) Diedrich Westermann; Edwin William Smith; Cyril Daryll Forde (2009). Africa, Volume 79...
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is known to Africanists and Phoneticians as the place where Diedrich Hermann Westermann was born and died. It is a borough of the town of Achim in Verden...
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History and traditions of Dagbon. GILLBT. Robert Sutherland Rattray; Diedrich Westermann (1932). The Tribes of the Ashanti Hinterland, Volume 1. Clarendon...
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Germans: Carl Büttner [de], Carl Meinhof, Carl Velten [de], and Diedrich Westermann. Also, German administration cemented the usage of Latin alphabet...
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assisted by native speakers of African languages and led by Diedrich Hermann Westermann, who served as director of the organization from 1926 to 1939...
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many of the classifications of the Yoruba were based on work by Diedrich Westermann and other early linguists on the African language. Proto-Yoruboid...
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Diedrich Westermann-Workshop (West-central African linguistic history between Macro-Sudan Belt and Niger-Congo: commemorating Diedrich Westermann’s legacy...
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Négro-Africaines, Paris: Champion. Westermann, Diedrich Hermann (1911) Die Sudansprachen: eine sprachvergleichende Studie. Westermann, Diedrich Hermann & Baumann, Hermann...
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Diedrich Westermann-Workshop (West-central African linguistic history between Macro-Sudan Belt and Niger-Congo: commemorating Diedrich Westermann’s legacy...
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Wait - American teacher, invented New York Point system in 1868. Diedrich Westermann - German missionary, developed Africa Alphabet in 1928. George D...
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interest in the anthropology of Africa, which was encouraged by Diedrich Westermann, with whom Nadel studied the musicology of 'primitive peoples' at...
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possible member of the Niger-Congo family. The German Africanist Diedrich Hermann Westermann published many dictionaries and grammars of Ewe and several other...
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Diedrich Westermann-Workshop (West-central African linguistic history between Macro-Sudan Belt and Niger-Congo: commemorating Diedrich Westermann’s legacy...
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