Arndt Wigger
Arndt Wigger | |
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| Born | 1943 (age 81–82) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Hamburg University |
| Thesis | Nominalformen im Conamara-Irischen (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans Hartmann |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguist |
| Sub-discipline | Modern Irish Gaelic linguistics |
| Institutions | |
Arndt Wigger (born 1943 in Dresden, Germany) is a German linguist. A specialist in Modern Irish (Nua-Ghaeilge), Wigger has published many articles on different aspects of the modern form of the language. He is a fluent speaker of the Connemara dialect. He also studies Hungarian, Portuguese and Arabic. He is closely associated with the Studienhaus für Keltische Sprachen und Kulturen - SKSK, at the University of Bonn.