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Ilia Peiros | |
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Born | Ilia Iosifovich Peiros Илья Иосифович Пейрос 1948 |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Linguist |
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Institutions | Santa Fe Institute |
Main interests | Historical linguistics, East Asian languages |
Ilia Peiros (full name: Ilia Iosifovich Peiros, Илья Иосифович Пейрос; born 1948) is a Russian linguist who specializes in the historical linguistics of East Asia. Peiros is a well-known scholar in the Moscow School of Comparative Linguistics, known for its work on long-range comparative linguistics. [1] [2] Peiros is affiliated with the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, United States and was also a former faculty member at the University of Melbourne. [3] [4]
In 1971, Peiros graduated from the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at Moscow State University. In 1976, he defended his Ph.D. thesis on Sino-Tibetan consonantism. [5]
In the article "An Austric Macrofamily: some considerations", Peiros proposed that Austro-Tai (comprising Austronesian and Tai-Kadai), Miao-Yao ( Hmong-Mien), and Austroasiatic were all related to each other as part of the Austric language macrofamily. [6]
In 1996, together with Sergei Starostin, he published a 6-volume comparative dictionary of the Sino-Tibetan languages. [7]
Peiros also does research on Amerindian historical linguistics as part of the Evolution of Human Languages (EHL) project, led by Georgiy Starostin.
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Ilia Peiros | |
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Born | Ilia Iosifovich Peiros Илья Иосифович Пейрос 1948 |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Linguist |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Santa Fe Institute |
Main interests | Historical linguistics, East Asian languages |
Ilia Peiros (full name: Ilia Iosifovich Peiros, Илья Иосифович Пейрос; born 1948) is a Russian linguist who specializes in the historical linguistics of East Asia. Peiros is a well-known scholar in the Moscow School of Comparative Linguistics, known for its work on long-range comparative linguistics. [1] [2] Peiros is affiliated with the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, United States and was also a former faculty member at the University of Melbourne. [3] [4]
In 1971, Peiros graduated from the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at Moscow State University. In 1976, he defended his Ph.D. thesis on Sino-Tibetan consonantism. [5]
In the article "An Austric Macrofamily: some considerations", Peiros proposed that Austro-Tai (comprising Austronesian and Tai-Kadai), Miao-Yao ( Hmong-Mien), and Austroasiatic were all related to each other as part of the Austric language macrofamily. [6]
In 1996, together with Sergei Starostin, he published a 6-volume comparative dictionary of the Sino-Tibetan languages. [7]
Peiros also does research on Amerindian historical linguistics as part of the Evolution of Human Languages (EHL) project, led by Georgiy Starostin.