Back ميريت روهلين Arabic ميريت روهلين ARZ مرییت روهلن AZB Merritt Ruhlen Catalan Merritt Ruhlen German Merritt Ruhlen Spanish Merritt Ruhlen French Merritt Ruhlen Galician מריט רולן HE Merritt Ruhlen Italian
Merritt Ruhlen | |
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| Born | May 10, 1944 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | January 29, 2021 (aged 76) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Genetic classification of languages |
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| Fields | Linguistics |
Merritt Ruhlen (May 10, 1944 – January 29, 2021) was an American linguist who worked on the classification of languages and what this reveals about the origin and evolution of modern humans. Amongst other linguists,[citation needed] Ruhlen's work was recognized as standing outside the mainstream of comparative-historical linguistics. He was the principal advocate and defender of Joseph Greenberg's approach to language classification.