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Claude Hagège
Acting
01 Jan 1936 (90 years)
Carthage, Tunisia
Biography
Claude Hagège (born 1 January 1936) is a French linguist. He was elected to the Collège de France in 1988 and received several awards for his work, including the Prix de l'Académie Française and the CNRS Gold medal. Famous for being a polyglot, he speaks (or is knowledgeable about) fifty languages, including Italian, English, Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Russian, Greek, Guarani, Hungarian, Navajo, Nocte, Punjabi, Persian, Malay, Hindi, Malagasy, Fula, Quechua, Tamil, Tetela, Turkish and Japanese. ...
Also Known As
Léon Hagège
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