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Helma van den Berg

1965 – 2003

Linguist and caucasologist from Netherlands

Linguist Translator Caucasologist
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About Helma van den Berg

Lived 1965 – 2003 (aged 38). Helma van den Berg was a Dutch linguist, translator and caucasologist.

Helma Everdina van den Berg (May 26, 1965 – November 11, 2003) was a Dutch linguist specializing in Caucasian languages.

Her former colleagues have made an effort to bring van den Berg's research to print if it remained unpublished after her sudden death. Also Leiden University PhD thesis.

Dargi folktales. Oral stories from the Caucasus with an introduction to Dargi grammar. 2001. Leiden: Research School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies. ISBN 90-5789-066-6. A Dargi electronic dictionary: the perspective of the linguist and the speakers. 2003. Международный симпозиум по полевой лингвистике. Тезисы докладов. Москва, сс. 8-9 [ International Symposium on Field Linguistics. Abstracts of papers. Moscow pp. 8-9]. Spatial prefixes in Dargi (East Caucasian). Acta Linguistica Hungarica 50.1-2 (2003): 201-225. The east Caucasian language family. Lingua 115.1-2 (2005): 147-190.

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
Leiden University
Employers
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Also known as
Helma Everdina van den Berg

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Helma van den Berg's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Helma van den Berg?

Linguist and caucasologist from Netherlands (1965-2003)

When was Helma van den Berg born?

Helma van den Berg was born on 26 May 1965 in Veenendaal.

When did Helma van den Berg die?

Helma van den Berg died on 11 November 2003 in Derbent.

What was Helma van den Berg's occupation?

Helma van den Berg was a linguist, translator and caucasologist.

What nationality was Helma van den Berg?

Helma van den Berg was Dutch.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Helma van den Berg

· Wikidata: Q6276080

· DBpedia: Helma van den Berg

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