J. J. Smith (linguist)
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J. J. Smith (linguist)
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Professor Johannes Jacobus "Jan" Smith was a leading figure in the Afrikaans language movement and the compiler of the first standard Afrikaans dictionary. He was an important member of the committee which first attempted to standardize Afrikaans spelling, and was made the founding editor of Die Huisgenoot, the family magazine of the Nasionale Pers, in which early Afrikaans literature was discussed. He was a professor of languages at Stellenbosch University from 1919 until his retirement in 1945
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South-African linguist (1883–1949)
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2024-02-08T08:32:49Z
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