Roderich von Erckert [SEP] date of birth
Roderich von Erckert
Roderich von Erckert (15 December 1821 – 12 December 1900) was a German ethnographer and officer. His work on the Caucasian languages includes "Der Kaukasus und seine Völker" (The Caucasus and Its Peoples; 1887); "Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes" (The Languages of the Caucasian Tribes; 1895); and "Wanderungen und Siedelungen der germanischen Stämme in Mitteleuropa" (Migration and Settlement of the Germanic Tribes in Central Europe; 1901).
Works.
- Russland, Carte éthnografique
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Classification.
The classification of the Archi language has not been definitively established. Peter von Uslar felt it should be considered a variant of Avar, but Roderich von Erckert saw it as closer to Lak. The language has also been considered as a separate entity that could be placed somewhere between Avar and Lak. The Italian linguist Alfredo Trombetti placed Archi within an Avar–Ando–Dido group, but today the most widely recognized opinion follows that of the Soviet scholar Bokarev