Juris Alunāns
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Juris Alunāns was a Latvia
n writer
, philologist and one of the first contributors of Latvian language
. He was one of the members of the Young Latvia movement.
Alunāns created about 500 neologism, most of which quickly incorporated in the everyday Latvian language and are still used.
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, philologist and one of the first contributors of Latvian language
Latvian language
Latvian is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language...
. He was one of the members of the Young Latvia movement.
Alunāns created about 500 neologism, most of which quickly incorporated in the everyday Latvian language and are still used.