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560:, Copenhagen. Inscriptions in Danish, Arabic , Icelandic written in runes and Sanskrit. The Arabic text means: "Right is clear and falsehood is stammering." The Danish text means: "Our fatherland we owe all we can accomplish." The Icelandic runic text means: "If you wish to become perfect in knowledge, you must learn all the languages, and yet, do not neglect your native tongue or speech." The Sanskrit text means: "There is no friend greater than industry. He who does not work withers." 1049: 1014: 553: 31: 239:
at the University of Copenhagen, later remarked that "His short stature, his lively eyes, the ease with which he moved and jumped over tables and benches, his unusual knowledge, and even his quaint peasant dress, attracted the attention of his fellow students". At the Latin school, Rask's interest in
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put out a call for a prize essay on the topic of language history that would "use historical critique and fitting examples to illuminate the source whence the old Scandinavian tongue can be most probably derived, to explain the character of the language and the relations that it has had through the
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In October 1816, Rask left Denmark on a literary expedition funded by the monarchy to investigate Asian languages and collect manuscripts for the University of Copenhagen library. He traveled first to Sweden, where he stayed for two years. During his time in Sweden, he took a short trip to
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in Icelandic, and the rector, Ludvig Heiberg, gave him a new translation of the same work as a prize for his diligence. By comparing the original work and the translation, he was able to make an Icelandic vocabulary, cross-referencing the Icelandic words with cognates in
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for Copenhagen libraries. In 1825, he was appointed a professor of literary history, and in 1829, and as a librarian at the University of Copenhagen. In 1831, just a year before his death, he was appointed professor of Eastern languages at the University of Copenhagen.
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By 1822, he knew twenty-five languages and dialects, and he is believed to have studied twice as many. His numerous philological manuscripts were transferred to the Royal Danish Library at Copenhagen. Rask's
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also led Rask to develop his own spelling system for Danish that more closely resembled its pronunciation, and it was at this time that he changed the spelling of his last name from "Rasch" to "Rask".
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In 1814, while still living in Iceland, he finished his prize essay, "Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language" (1818), in which he argued that Old Norse was related to the
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middle ages to the Nordic as well as Germanic dialects, and to accurately ascertain the basic tenets upon which all derivation and comparison of these tongues should be constructed."
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and tailor, was well-read and had a decently-sized book collection. As a child, Rask's scholastic abilities became apparent, and, in 1801, at the age of thirteen, he was sent to the
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in Odense, now known as the Odense Katedralskole. One of his friends from Latin school, Niels Matthias Petersen (1791–1862), who went on to be the first professor of
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in order to determine whether they were related to the Scandinavian languages. When he returned to Denmark, he was recommended to the
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He died of tuberculosis in Copenhagen in 1832, at Badstuestræde 17, where a plaque commemorating him is found. He is buried in
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in Germany. In 1814, after returning from Iceland, Rask worked as a sub-librarian at the University of Copenhagen library.
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dormitory. Although he was not particularly religious and even had expressed serious doubts, he signed up as a student of
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Antonsen, Elmer H. (1962). "Rasmus Rask and Jacob Grimm: Their Relationship in the Investigation of Germanic Vocalism".
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Tabularia: Sources écrites des mondes normands. Autour des sagas: manuscrits, transmission et écriture de l’histoire
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Den ældste hebraiske Tidsregning indtil Moses efter Kilderne på ny bearbejdet og forsynet med et Kart over Paradis
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in Copenhagen. He bequeathed his manuscripts to his brother, who sold the Old Norse-Icelandic materials to the
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and other Asian languages. Because of this, Rask envisioned a trip to India to study Asian languages such as
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Rask returned to Copenhagen in May 1823, bringing a considerable number of manuscripts in Persian, Zend,
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Rask was the first to show the relationship between the ancient Northern and the Western and Eastern
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Hufnagel, Silvia, 'The Library of the Genius: The Manuscript Collection of Rasmus Christian Rask',
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Rask was born to Niels Hansen Rasch and Birthe Rasmusdatter in the village of Brændekilde near
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Dodge, D. K. (1897). "Verner Dahlerup: Nekrolog över Karl Verner (book review)".
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That same year, he published the first complete editions of Snorri Sturluson's
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carried on his inquiries into comparative and historical linguistics.
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Undersøgelse om det gamle Nordiske eller Islandske Sprogs Oprindelse
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In order to conduct research for the prize essay, Rask traveled to
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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in 1812 with his friend Rasmus Nyerup. There, he studied Sami and
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was awakened. His teacher, Jochum E. Suhr, loaned him a copy of
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to Germanic, although he only compared Germanic and Greek, as
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A Grammar of the Danish language for the use of Englishmen
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A Grammar of the Danish Language for the use of Englishmen
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Vejledning til det Islandske eller gamle Nordiske Sprog
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Anvisning till Isländskan eller Nordiska Fornspråket
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Angelsaksisk sproglaere tilligemed en kort laesebog
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Treatise respecting the Ancient Egyptian Chronology
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Introduction to the Icelandic or Old Norse Language
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He was elected as a member to the 1604:Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow 1487:Adolph Wilhelm Schack von Staffeldt 754:(Ancient Egyptian Chronology), 1827 610:A Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Tongue 466:to study Finnish and published his 306: 13: 631: 14: 1876: 1043: 956:The American Journal of Philology 1800:19th-century Danish philologists 1012: 664:was unknown to him at the time. 148:[ˈʁɑsmusˈkʰʁestjænˈʁɑsk] 1865:People from Odense Municipality 1835:Linguists of Eskaleut languages 1815:Linguists of Germanic languages 1416:Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse 752:Den gamle Ægyptiske Tidsregning 687: 656:in the transition from the old 315:to continue his studies at the 16:Danish linguist and philologist 1085:"Rask, Rasmus Christian"  982: 947: 926: 912: 900: 876: 608:'s English translation of his 377: 209:American Philosophical Society 153:Rasmus Christian Nielsen Rasch 42:Rasmus Christian Nielsen Rasch 1: 1050:Works by or about Rasmus Rask 1005: 831:. Syddansk Universitet: 25–42 778:(Reasoned Sami Grammar), 1832 214: 1406:Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann 815:Nielsen, Hans Frede (2008). 776:Ræsonneret lappisk Sproglære 283:. In addition to Danish and 7: 1634:Christian Jürgensen Thomsen 1172:Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll 714:(Sinhala Orthography), 1821 652:" for the transmutation of 586:Essay on Danish Orthography 417:, including Gothic, to the 10: 1881: 1830:Translators from Old Norse 1790:Old Norse studies scholars 1661:Royal Academy of Fine Arts 732:(Danish Orthography), 1826 600:(1828). He also published 528:In 1820, he traveled from 457:Travel to India and Ceylon 311:In 1808, Rask traveled to 1820:Germanic studies scholars 1745: 1684: 1653: 1646: 1580: 1539: 1505: 1477:Bernhard Severin Ingemann 1447: 1424: 1391: 1353: 1205: 1187:Christian Frederik Hansen 1162: 1155: 1137: 319:, where he stayed in the 133: 119: 105: 100: 88: 83: 79: 60: 37: 28: 21: 1860:19th-century translators 1704:C. A. 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Copenhagen
Alma mater
University of Copenhagen
Linguistics
Philology
Historical linguistics
Comparative linguistics
[ˈʁɑsmusˈkʰʁestjænˈʁɑsk]
linguist
philologist
phonology
morphology
Iceland
Icelandic
Russia
Persia
India
Ceylon
University of Copenhagen
comparative linguistics
Grimm's Law
American Philosophical Society
Odense
Funen
smallholder
Latin school
Nordic languages
Old Norse
Icelandic language

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