Home›Philology and Decipherment›NationalityBrowse ByNationalityNationality groups linguists by the country each one came from. Wikipedia describes Noam Chomsky as "an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic," a nationality that placed him within American academic institutions throughout his career. This dimension shows which countries produced the people behind a given theory or school of thought.FactsNationalitySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonCentury Of OriginWell-attested4 BCE 1NationalityFilter Results10 entriesRoleAllClassicist (1)Decipherer (5)Epigraphist (2)Grammarian (3)Linguist (general) (3)Orientalist (2)Philologist (5)EraAll-400 (1)58 (1)760 (1)1203 (1)1773 (1)1775 (1)1790 (1)1810 (1)1906 (1)1920 (1)1922 (2)Language(s) StudiedAllArabic (2)Classical Chinese (1)Latin (1)Sanskrit (1)Influenced ByAllAlice Kober (1)Sibawayh (1)Area (sq km)All1,648,195 (1)3,287,263 (1)CapitalAllBerlin (1)Córdoba (1)London (1)Moscow (1)Paris (1)Washington DC (1)End YearAll220 (1)Income GroupAllLower-Middle (1)Upper-Middle (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1947 (1)1979 (1)LandlockedAllNo (2)PopulationAll92,417,681 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)Population at PeakAll148,000,000 (1)Start YearAll202 BCE (1)756 (1)1776 (1)1801 (1)1949 (1)1958 (1)1991 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 10Caliphate of CordobaNationality1 entryFranceNationality1 entryGermanyNationality1 entryHan dynastyNationality1 entryIndiaNationality1 entryIranNationality1 entryRoman EmpireNationality1 entryRussiaNationality1 entryUnited KingdomNationality4 entriesUnited StatesNationality1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: PhilologyWikimedia FoundationLead section, second paragraphQuote, Lead section, second paragraphClassical philology, a subfield of Classics, studies Classical languages. Classical philology principally originated from the Library of Pergamum and the Library of Alexandria around the fourth century BC during the Hellenistic Period, and was continued by the Ancient Greeks and the Ancient Romans during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.