Georg Morgenstierne
Norwegian linguist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Georg Valentin von Munthe af Morgenstierne was a Norwegian professor of linguistics with the University of Oslo . He specialized in Indo-Iranian languages. Studies During the years 1923 to 1971, Morgenstierne carried out fieldwork in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Iran. In 1924, he undertook the first of his two major linguistic expeditions. He arrived in Kabul with a personal letter of introduction to the King of Afghanistan, from the King of Norway. Together with studying the languages, Morgenstierne collected remarkable scientific materials from the culture of the regional people, like images, movies from pre-Islamic ceremonial dances and sound recordings from nearly extinct languages. The materials are available in his database at the National Library of Norway.
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- Indo-Iranian frontier languages (48)
- Report on a linguistic mission to North Western India (1932) (32)
- Report on a linguistic mission to Afghanistan (31)
- Etymological vocabulary of the Shughni group (1974) (28)
- The Burushaski language (1936) (27)
- Notes on Dameli : a Kafir-Dardic language of Chitral (1940) (12)
- Notes on Phalūṛa (An Unknown Dardic Language of Chitral)@@@Notes on Phalura (An Unknown Dardic Language of Chitral) (1950) (11)
- Iranian Elements in Khowar (1936) (11)
- Khushhal Khan—the national poet of the Afghans (1960) (7)
- The Burushaski Language: Vol. 1, Introduction And Grammar (1935) (7)
- The Kalasha language (1973) (5)
- ‘Mushroom’ and ‘Toadstool’ in Indo-Iranian (1957) (5)
- The Waigali Language (1957) (4)
- The Name Munjān and Some Other Names of Places and Peoples in the Hindu Kush. (1931) (3)
- Notes on the Pronunciation of Pashto (1928) (3)
- The Brāhūī Language. Part II. The Brahūī Problem; Part III. Etymological Vocabulary. By Sir Denys Bray. 9½ × 6, pp. ii + 313. Delhi: Manager of Publications, 1934. 13s. 6d. (1937) (2)
- Iranian Pamir languages : Yidgha-munji, Sanglechi-ishkashmi and Wakhi (1973) (2)
- Notes on Bactrian phonology (1970) (2)
- D. L. R. Lorimer: The Wakhi language. 2 vols. [Mimeographed.] London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1958. £6 6s., $20. (1960) (2)
- Parachi and Ormuri (1973) (2)
- John Brough (ed.): The Gāndhārī Dharmapada. (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. London Oriental Series, Vol. 7.) xxv, 319 pp., 24 plates. London, etc.: Oxford University Press, 1962. £5 5s. (1964) (0)
- ADDITIONAL NOTES ON “THE DEVELOPMENT OF R+ SIBILANT IN SOME EASTERN IRANIAN LANGUAGES”1 (1950) (0)
- R. E. Emmerick: Saka grammatical studies . (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. London Oriental Series, Vol. 20.) xvii, 367 pp. London, etc.: Oxford University Press, 1968. £7 7s. (1970) (0)
- Irano-Dardica@@@Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages. Vol. IV. The Kalasha Language@@@Etymological Vocabulary of the Shughni Group (1977) (0)
- The Pashai language (1944) (0)
- D. N. MacKenzie: Kurdish dialect studies . (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. London Oriental Series, Vols. 9–10.) 2 vols.: xxi, 247 pp.; xiv, 378 pp., front. London, etc.: Oxford University Press, 1961–1962. 55s., 70s. (1964) (0)
- Istālif and other place-names of Afghanistan (1970) (0)
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF R+ SIBILANT IN SOME EASTERN IRANIAN LANGUAGES (1948) (0)
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