About Alho Alhoniemi
Born 1933. Alho Alhoniemi is a Finnish linguist and finno-Ugrist.
Alho Alhoniemi (born 1933 in Suomussalmi) is a Finnish linguist specializing in the Finno-Ugric languages.
Alhoniemi graduated from high school in 1952 in Kannus. He obtained his PhD in 1967 with a thesis about the lative case in Mari and received an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University in 1994. He served as chairman of the Society for the Finnish Language (Suomen Kielen Seura) from 1971 to 1979.
His research interests include the syntax of the Mari and Mordvinic languages.
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Finnish linguist
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Alho Alhoniemi was born on 14 May 1933.
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Alho Alhoniemi is Finnish.
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