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Elmar Muuk
Estonian linguist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elmar Muuk (26 December 1901 – 20 November 1941) was an Estonian linguist and author of a number of dictionaries and textbooks of the Estonian language, and was, together with Johannes Voldemar Veski and Johannes Aavik, responsible for development of Estonian as a modern European language.
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Muuk was born in Eivere village, in the Kreis Jerwen of the Governorate of Estonia. He took part of the Estonian War of Independence. Muuk was arrested by NKVD on 14 June 1941 in Tallinn and died in imprisonment in Sevurallag, Sverdlovsk oblast.
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Sources
- Eesti Ekspress 23 August 2007: Mahalaskmine pärast surma by Margit-Mariann Koppel
- Estonian Language Institute: Eesti keele kirjeldamise ja arendamise ajaloost
External links
- Bibliography Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine at the Library of University of Tartu
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