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Juha Janhunen

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Juha Janhunen
Born (1952-02-12) 12 February 1952 (age 72)
Pori, Finland
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
InstitutionsUniversity of Helsinki
Main interestsMongolic languages

Juha Janhunen (born 12 February 1952)[1] is a Finnish linguist whose wide interests include Uralic and Mongolic languages. Since 1994, he has been Professor in East Asian studies at the University of Helsinki. He has done fieldwork on Samoyedic languages and on Khamnigan Mongol.[2] More recently, he has collaborated with Chinese scholar Wu Yingzhe to produce a critical edition of two newly discovered Liao Dynasty epitaphs written in the Khitan small script.[citation needed] Janhunen has also worked along with Ekaterina Gruzdeva on revitalizing the Nivkh language.[3]

He is a critic of the Altaic hypothesis.[4]

Notable works

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  • Janhunen, Juha (1977). Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien [Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies]. Helsinki: Finno-Ugrian Society, University of Helsinki. ISBN 951-45-1161-1.
  • Janhunen, Juha, ed. (2003). The Mongolic languages. London: Routledge.
  • Janhunen, Juha, ed. (2005). Khamnigan Mongol. Munich: Lincom Europa.
  • Yingzhe, Wu; Janhunen, Juha (2010). New Materials on the Khitan Small Script: A Critical Edition of Xiao Dilu and Yelü Xiangwen. Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental.
  • Janhunen, Juha (2012). Mongolian. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

References

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  1. ^ "Janhunen, Juha, 1952–". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023.
  2. ^ Hyytiäinen, Tiina; Jalava, Lotta; Saarikivi, Janne; et al., eds. (2012). "Bibliography of the Publications of Juha Janhunen" (PDF). Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia. 264. ISBN 978-952-5667-34-9.
  3. ^ "REVITALIZING NIVKH (SAKHALIN, RUSSIA): Project on revitalization of the Nivkh language on Sakhalin". Helsinki.fi. University of Helsinki. 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  4. ^ Janhunen, Juha (1996). "Prolegomena to a comparative analysis of Mongolic and Tungusic". In Stary, Giovanni (ed.). Proceedings of the 38th Permanent International Altaistic Conference. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 209–218.
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