Nicolaus Adriani
Nicolaus Adriani (15 September 1865, Oud-Loosdrecht – 5 August 1926, Poso, Central Sulawesi)[1] was a Christian linguist from the Netherlands who did work in Indonesia. He studied linguistics of the East Indies at Leiden University, obtaining his PhD in 1893.[2] He was sent by the Netherlands Bible Society.[3] He worked as a linguist in Poso, Central Sulawesi.[3]
In 1897 Adriani became a correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 1918 he joined as a member.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Adriani, N. in De leden van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen: een demografisch perspectief: 1808 tot 2008, p. 247.
- ^ Fred Lanzing (2013), Heksen, geesten, spoken, weerwolven, en broeders. Het leven van de zendeling-schrijver Nicolaus Adriani in Ellendige levens: Nederlandse schrijvers in de negentiende eeuw, Uitgeverij Verloren, 2013, pp. 267-276.
- ^ a b J. A. Sarira. 1975. Benih yang Tumbuh 6 - Gereja Toraja. Jakarta: LPS DGI dan BPS Gereja Toraja.
- ^ "Nicolaus Adriani (1865 - 1926)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
Relevant literature
[edit]- Adriani, N., 1894. Sangireesche spraakkunst. 's Gravenhage: Martin Nijhoff.
- Adriani, Nicolaus. 1912. De Baree-Sprekende Toradja's van Midden Celebes.
- Adriani, Nicolaus. 1919. Posso (Midden-Celebes). Boekhandel van den Zendingsstudie-raad.
- Adriani, Nicolaus. 1928. Bare'e-Nederlandsch woordenboek: met Nederlandsch-Bare'e register. EJ Brill.
- Adriani, Nicolaus. 1928. "Spraakkunstige schets van de taal der Mĕntawai-Eilanden." Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land-en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië 1ste Afl, 1-117.
- Adriani, Nicolaus, and Albertus C. Kruyt. The Bare'e-speaking Toradja of Central Celebes:(the East Toradja).
- Adriani, Nicolaus, and Albertus C. Kruyt. 1914. "De Bare’e-sprekende Toradja’s van Midden-Celebes. Vol 3: Taal-en letterkundige schets der Bare’e taal en overzicht van het taalgebied: Celebes-Zuid-Halmahera." Batavia: Landsdrukkerij (1914). (Adriani, Nicolaus. Posso (Midden-Celebes). Boekhandel van den Zendingsstudie-raad, 1919.(Human Relations Area Files, 1968.)
Categories:
- 1865 births
- 1926 deaths
- 19th-century linguists
- Dutch Protestant missionaries
- Leiden University alumni
- Linguists from the Netherlands
- Linguists of Austronesian languages
- Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- People from Wijdemeren
- Protestant missionaries in Indonesia
- Missionary linguists