Ghil'ad Zuckermann

Linguist, language revivalist, professor, author, hyperpolyglot

Ghil'ad Zuckermann (born 1971) is an Israeli Linguist, language revivalist, professor, author, hyperpolyglot. Zuckermann was born in Givatayim on 1 June 1971.

Zuckermann held office as full professor. He worked in linguistics, language contact and lexicology. He was attached to Churchill College (2000–2005), University of Queensland (2006–2011) and University of Cambridge (2000–2004).

Zuckermann studied at University of Oxford (doctorate), Tel Aviv University (Master of Arts) and United World College of the Adriatic.

Ghil'ad Zuckermann is covered in 90 language editions of Wikipedia, a rough measure of how far the name has carried beyond Israel.

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