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Magne Oftedal (10 March 1921 - 26 May 1985) was a Norwegian linguist who carried out a large amount of comparative research on Scottish Gaelic dialects, the Celtic languages and Spanish. He was born in Sandnes in the county of Rogaland in 1921 and began studying for a degree in philology at the University of Oslo, but his studies were interrupted by the Second World War and he only managed to complete his degree in 1947. During his time at the University of Oslo, he studied the Gaelic of Lewis between 1949 and 1954, publishing his first important paper, The village names of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, in 1954. He was subsequently awarded a doctorate for his research into the Gaelic dialect of Leurbost, published as The Gaelic of Leurbost in 1956.

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  • Magne Oftedal (10 de març de 1921 - 26 de maig de 1985) era un lingüista noruec que ha realitzat una gran quantitat de la recerca comparativa sobre dialectes del gaèlic escocès, les llengües celtes i castellà Va néixer a Sandnes, al comtat de Rogaland en 1921 i començà estudiant per a obtenir el títol en filologia a la Universitat d'Oslo però va interrompre els estudis a causa de la Segona Guerra Mundial i no va completar la seva graduació fins al 1947. Durant la seva estada a la Universitat d'Oslo va estudiar el gaèlic de Lewis entre 1949-1954 i publicà el seu primer document important sobre The village names of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides el 1954 i, posteriorment, va ser guardonat amb un doctorat per la seva investigació sobre el dialecte gaèlic de , publicat com The Gaelic of Leurbost en 1956. Al llarg de la seva carrera el seu principal objectiu continuà sent la fonologia i topònims del gaèlic, gal·lès i noruec i va esdevenir professor a la Universitat d'Oslo després de Carl Marstrander on ha romàs durant uns 30 anys. També va ser editor de la publicació Lochlann - A Review of Celtic Studies entre 1969 i 1974 i membre de diferents cosxsos com l'Acadèmia Noruega de Ciències i Lletres (des de 1958) i la Norsk Forening for Språkvitenskap. Va morir en 1985 a Oslo. (ca)
  • Magne Oftedal (10 March 1921 - 26 May 1985) was a Norwegian linguist who carried out a large amount of comparative research on Scottish Gaelic dialects, the Celtic languages and Spanish. He was born in Sandnes in the county of Rogaland in 1921 and began studying for a degree in philology at the University of Oslo, but his studies were interrupted by the Second World War and he only managed to complete his degree in 1947. During his time at the University of Oslo, he studied the Gaelic of Lewis between 1949 and 1954, publishing his first important paper, The village names of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, in 1954. He was subsequently awarded a doctorate for his research into the Gaelic dialect of Leurbost, published as The Gaelic of Leurbost in 1956. Throughout his career his main focus remained the phonology and place-names of Gaelic, Welsh and Norwegian. He became a professor at the University of Oslo after Carl Marstrander and remained there for some 30 years. He was also an editor of the publication Lochlann - A Review of Celtic Studies between 1969 and 1974, and a member and chair of numerous bodies such as the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (from 1958) and the Norsk Forening for Språkvitenskap. He died in 1985 in Oslo. (en)
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  • Magne Oftedal (10 de març de 1921 - 26 de maig de 1985) era un lingüista noruec que ha realitzat una gran quantitat de la recerca comparativa sobre dialectes del gaèlic escocès, les llengües celtes i castellà (ca)
  • Magne Oftedal (10 March 1921 - 26 May 1985) was a Norwegian linguist who carried out a large amount of comparative research on Scottish Gaelic dialects, the Celtic languages and Spanish. He was born in Sandnes in the county of Rogaland in 1921 and began studying for a degree in philology at the University of Oslo, but his studies were interrupted by the Second World War and he only managed to complete his degree in 1947. During his time at the University of Oslo, he studied the Gaelic of Lewis between 1949 and 1954, publishing his first important paper, The village names of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, in 1954. He was subsequently awarded a doctorate for his research into the Gaelic dialect of Leurbost, published as The Gaelic of Leurbost in 1956. (en)
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