About K. Alexander Adelaar
Born 1953. K. Alexander Adelaar is a Dutch orientalist, university teacher and linguist.
Karl Alexander "Sander" Adelaar (born 1953 in The Hague ) is a linguist primarily interested in the Austronesian languages of Borneo, Madagascar, and Taiwan, as well as the Malayic languages. He also does research on the oral and literary traditions of Indonesia.
Adelaar is currently attached to Palacky University (Olomouc, Czech Republic) and affiliated with the University of Melbourne. He is the current managing editor of Pacific Linguistics and managing editor of Oceanic Linguistics. He has been a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities since 2008.
Education Adelaar is a graduate of Indonesian Studies at Leiden University. In 1977, he defended his MA thesis, and in 1985 he obtained a doctorate in Austronesian linguistics.
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Dutch linguist
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K. Alexander Adelaar was born on 11 February 1953 in The Hague.
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K. Alexander Adelaar is an orientalist, university teacher and linguist.
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K. Alexander Adelaar is Dutch.
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