Alexander Vovin

Russian-American linguist (1961–2022)

Alexander Vladimirovich Vovin (Russian: Александр Владимирович Вовин; 27 January 1961 – 8 April 2022) was a Soviet-born Russian-American linguist and philologist, and director of studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris, France. He was known for his research on East Asian languages. His main interest was in Japanese, but he studied many other languages and families, including Korean, Ainu, Tibetan, Mongolic, Tungusic, and Turkic.

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