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German linguist

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Jost Gippert is a German linguist and university teacher born in Hattingen in 1956. He has served as a professor at the Goethe University Frankfurt, the University of Bamberg, the Freie Universität Berlin, and the University of Salzburg. Gippert is educated at the University of Marburg and specializes in the Ibero-Caucasian field of work. He speaks and writes German.

He is a member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences. His name in his native language is Jost Gippert.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Hattingen
Position held
professor
Languages spoken
German
Field of work
Ibero-Caucasian
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Jost Gippert Portrait.jpg
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date of birth
1956-03-12
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Jost Gippert
name in native language
Jost Gippert
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Encyclopedic overview

Jost Gippert ( German pronunciation: [ˈjoːst ˈgɪpʰɐt]; born 12 March 1956 in Winz-Niederwenigern, later merged to Hattingen) is a German linguist, Caucasiologist, author, and the Senior Professor at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures at the University of Hamburg.

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