Johannes Cornelis Anceaux (4 July 1920 in

Schiedam Schiedam () is a large town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of the city Rotterdam, east of the town Vlaardingen and south of the city Delft. In the south, Schi ...

, Netherlands – 6 August 1988 in

Leiderdorp Leiderdorp () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland near the city of Leiden. It had a population of in . The municipality covers an area of of which is water. Leiderdorp has now become a suburb ...

, Netherlands) was a Dutch

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

and

anthropologist An anthropologist is a scientist engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropologists study aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms, values ...

known for his extensive work on Papuan and

Austronesian Austronesian may refer to: *The Austronesian languages *The historical Austronesian peoples The Austronesian people, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples who have settled in Taiwan, maritime Sout ...

languages. Apart from his monographs on Wolio,

Nimboran Nimboran (Nambrong, Namblong, Namlong) is a Papuan language of Nimboran District, Jayapura Regency, Indonesia spoken by mostly older adults. Younger generations have shifted to Papuan Malay Papuan Malay or Irian Malay is a Malay-based creole, ...

, and the languages of

Yapen Island Yapen (also Japen, Jobi) is an island of Papua (province), Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is ...

, Anceaux was also known for his wordlists of languages of

Irian Jaya New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Austral ...

.Smits, Leo and Clemens L. Voorhoeve. 1998. ''The J. C. Anceaux Collection of Wordlists of Irian Jaya Languages B: Non-Austronesian (Papuan) Languages. Part II''. Irian Jaya Source Material 10 Series B 4. Leiden-Jakarta: DSALCUL/IRIS.

Education

In 1938, Anceaux began studying Indonesian literature at

Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; ) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Established in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince of Orange as a Protestantism, Protestant institution, it holds the d ...

. However, the outbreak of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

interrupted his studies as he was drafted into the military. After Leiden University closed in 1940, he went to the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, ) is a public university, public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlan ...

, where he passed his examination in 1942. After the war ended, under the supervision of

Cornelis Christiaan Berg Cornelis Christiaan (Cees) Berg (1934–2012) was a Dutch botanist known for his work on the plant family Moraceae. Early life and education Berg was born on 7 February 1934 in Bandung, Indonesia, then part of the Dutch East Indies, and later mov ...

(1900–1990), he returned to

to complete his doctoral thesis ''Over de geschiedenis van de Indonesische taalkunde'' in 1952, with a particular emphasis on the

Wolio language Wolio is an Austronesian language spoken in and around Baubau on Buton Island, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs to the Wotu–Wolio branch of the Celebic subgroup. Also known as Buton, it is a trade language and the former court langu ...

Southeast Sulawesi Southeast Sulawesi (, ; often abbreviated to Sultra, ), is a province on the island of Sulawesi, forming the southeastern peninsula of that island, together with a number of substantial offshore islands such as Buton, Muna, Kabaena and Wawon ...

.Adelaar, K. A. (1989). ''In memoriam Johannes Cornelis Anceaux''. In: ''Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Rituals and Socio-Cosmic Order in Eastern Indonesian Societies.'' Teil 1, Nusa Tenggara Timur 145 (1989), No. 1, Leiden, 1–7
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in Dutch).

Family

In 1948, Anceaux married Maria Rosinga. The couple had two daughters and two son.

Selected bibliography

*Anceaux, Johannes Cornelis. 1958. Languages of the

Bomberai Peninsula Bomberai Peninsula () is located in the Western New Guinea region. It is south of the Bird's Head Peninsula, and Bintuni Bay separates the two peninsulas. To the west lies the Sebakor Bay and to the south Kamrau Bay. On the southeast Arguni ...

: Outline of a linguistic map. ''Nieuw-Guinea Studiën'' 2: 109–121. *Anceaux, Johannes C. 1961. ''The linguistic situation in the islands of

Yapen Yapen (also Japen, Jobi) is an island of Papua (province), Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is ...

, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum''. (Verhandelingen ven het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 35.) The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. *Anceaux, Johannes C. 1965. ''The

Nimboran language Nimboran (Nambrong, Namblong, Namlong) is a Papuan language of Nimboran District, Jayapura Regency, Indonesia spoken by mostly older adults. Younger generations have shifted to Papuan Malay Papuan Malay or Irian Malay is a Malay-based creole, ...

''. (Verhandelingen ven het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 44.) The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. *Smits, Leo and Clemens L. Voorhoeve. (eds.) 1994. ''The J. C. Anceaux Collection of Wordlists of Irian Jaya Languages B: Non-Austronesian (Papuan) Languages. Part I''. Irian Jaya Source Material 9 Series B 3. Leiden-Jakarta: DSALCUL/IRIS. *Smits, Leo and Clemens L. Voorhoeve. 1998. ''The J. C. Anceaux Collection of Wordlists of Irian Jaya Languages B: Non-Austronesian (Papuan) Languages. Part II''. Irian Jaya Source Material 10 Series B 4. Leiden-Jakarta: DSALCUL/IRIS.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anceaux, Johannes Cornelis 1920 births 1988 deaths People from Schiedam Linguists of Austronesian languages Linguists of Papuan languages Linguists of Nimboran languages 20th-century Dutch linguists Leiden University alumni Indonesianists