Franz Rottland
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Franz Rottland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 December 1934 Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| Died | 4 August 2014 (aged 79) Germany |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Bayreuth |
| Main interests | Languages of Africa |
Franz Rottland (4 December 1934 – 4 August 2014) was a German linguist and Africanist.[1]
His interests included the historical linguistics of Nilotic languages[2] and Cushitic languages.[3][4]
After receiving his doctorate on September 8, 1970, at Leiden University and his habilitation in 1979 at the University of Cologne, Rottland served as the Chair of African Studies II at the University of Bayreuth until 1998.
Rottland suffered from a fall in May 2014, then died in Germany on 4 August 2014, at the age of 79.[5]
