linguist
noun
lin·guist
ˈliŋ-gwist 
1
: a person accomplished in languages
especially
: one who speaks several languages
2
: a person who specializes in linguistics
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As linguists and geneticists continue to untangle the origins of Indo-European languages, one thing is clear—the story of language is one of movement, change and cultural exchange, far from the rigid, nationalist narratives of the past.
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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Babbel lessons were designed by a team of over 100 expert linguists.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
Some linguists have argued that revitalizing a language depends on creating committed communities of speakers — and there is ample evidence in Taiwan of a growing number of people who are passionate enough about Tâi-gí to shape these kinds of committed communities.
—Will Buckingham, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
In fact, experiments were so underwhelming that a report released in 1966 by the Automatic Language Processing Advisory Committee, set up by the U.S. government and made up of linguists and machine translation researchers, determined that there wasn’t much hope in the near-term.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Babbel lessons were designed by a team of over 100 expert linguists.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
Some linguists have argued that revitalizing a language depends on creating committed communities of speakers — and there is ample evidence in Taiwan of a growing number of people who are passionate enough about Tâi-gí to shape these kinds of committed communities.
—Will Buckingham, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
In fact, experiments were so underwhelming that a report released in 1966 by the Automatic Language Processing Advisory Committee, set up by the U.S. government and made up of linguists and machine translation researchers, determined that there wasn’t much hope in the near-term.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Linguist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/linguist. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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linguist
noun
lin·guist
ˈliŋ-gwəst
1
: a person skilled in languages
2
: a person who specializes in linguistics
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