Claude Hagège
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1 January 1936 Carthage, Tunisia under French protectorate |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | France |
| Education | Lycée Louis-le-Grand |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
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Claude Hagège (born in Carthage, Tunisia under French protectorate;) is a French linguist.
He was elected to the Collège de France in 1988 and received several awards for his work, including the Prix de l'Académie Française and the CNRS Gold medal. Famous for being a polyglot, he speaks (or is knowledgeable) about fifty languages, including Italian, English, Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Russian, Guarani, Hungarian, Navajo, Nocte, Punjabi, Persian, Malay, Hindi, Malagasy, Fula, Quechua, Tamil, Tetela, Turkish and Japanese.
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