Johan Vandewalle
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Johan Vandewalle is a Belgian philologist
and civil engineer. In 1987 the Polyglot of Flanders/Babel Prize judged him as able to speak 22 living languages and in 1990 Ankara University
gave him an award for research on methods of teaching the Turkish language
.
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
and civil engineer. In 1987 the Polyglot of Flanders/Babel Prize judged him as able to speak 22 living languages and in 1990 Ankara University
Ankara University
Ankara University is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in the Turkish Republic....
gave him an award for research on methods of teaching the Turkish language
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
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