Paul Ariste [SEP] occupation
Paul Ariste
Paul Ariste (3 February 1905 – 2 February 1990) was an Estonian linguist renowned for his studies of the Finno-Ugric languages (especially Estonian and Votic), Yiddish and Baltic Romani language. 
He was born as Paul Berg, in Torma Parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire, but in 1927 Estonized his name to Ariste. He graduated from the University of Tartu and subsequently worked with it. Ariste wrote his M.A. thesis ("Eesti-rootsi laensõnad eesti keeles") on Swedish –
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- Ariste, Paul (1953). "Eesti keele foneetika" [Phonetics of Estonian]. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus.
- Ariste, Paul (1960). "Vadjalaste laule". Tallinn.
- Ariste, Paul (1968). "A Grammar of the Votic Language". Bloomington: Indiana University.
- Ariste, Paul (1981). "Keelekontaktid: Eesti keele kontakte teiste keeltega" [Language contacts: Contacts of Estonian with other languages]. Tallinn: