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Arie de Jong

1865 - 1957

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Arie de Jong (Dutch: [ˈaːri də ˈjɔŋ]; October 18, 1865, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies – October 12, 1958, Putten, Netherlands) was a Dutch enthusiast and reformer of the constructed language Volapük by Johann Martin Schleyer, with whose help the Volapük movement gained new strength in the Netherlands. He not only revised Volapük, but also (together with other Volapükist contemporaries) began Volapükaklub Valemik Nedänik (Dutch Universal Volapük Club) and founded Diläd valemik Feda Volapükaklubas. He also founded and edited Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, an independent newspaper in Volapük, which ran for thirty-one years (1932–1963). He wrote Gramat Volapüka, a grammar of the language completely in Volapük, and a German-Volapük dictionary, Wörterbuch der Weltsprache (World Language Dictionary). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arie de Jong is the 124th most popular linguist, the 46th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 49th in 2019) and the most popular Indonesian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Arie de Jong ranks 124 out of 214. Before him are George Kingsley Zipf, Arnold Chikobava, Louis Duchesne, Yevgeny Polivanov, August Friedrich Pott, and Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann. After him are Felix Jacoby, Hrachia Acharian, Hans Ørberg, Igor M. Diakonoff, Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn, and Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Arie de Jong ranks 116. Before him are Cândido Rondon, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Ursula Ledóchowska, Elise Richter, Robert W. Chambers, and Albert Aurier. After him are Pekka Halonen, Jacques Mieses, Kristjan Raud, Yevgeni Bauer, Henri Lebasque, and Gustaf Söderström. Among people deceased in 1957, Arie de Jong ranks 145. Before him are Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Bugs Moran, Ralph Benatzky, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Marie Vassilieff, and Alice Milliat. After him are Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, Heinrich Campendonk, Elia Abu Madi, Óscar Domínguez, Harrison Ford, and William Cameron Menzies.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Arie de Jong ranks 46 out of 158. Before him are Fatmawati (1923), Chairil Anwar (1922), Anneke Grönloh (1942), Pattimura (1783), Jusuf Kalla (1942), and Valerie Mahaffey (1953). After him are Agus Salim (1884), Xenia Stad-de Jong (1922), Adolf van der Voort van Zijp (1892), Amir Hamzah (1911), Mohammad Natsir (1908), and Hamengkubuwono IX (1912).

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Among LINGUISTS In Indonesia

Among linguists born in Indonesia, Arie de Jong ranks 1. 

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