Evar Saar (; born 16 August 1969) is an

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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 ...

journalist A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...

toponymist Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of '' toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage, and types. ''Toponym'' is the general term for a proper nam ...

Võro language Võro ( ; , ) is a South Estonian language. It has its own literary standard and efforts have been undertaken to seek official recognition as an indigenous regional language of Estonia. Võro has roughly 75,000 speakers (Võros), mos ...

activist. He has traveled extensively around the historical county of

Võrumaa Võrumaa (; ) was a historical county in Estonia. The historical Võrumaa includes the areas of the present counties of Võru, Põlva, Valga and Tartu. Ancient period The center of the settlement of Võrumaa is the banks of the Võhandu rive ...

and documented the original names of all major geographical features there. In total, he has collected over 50,000 names from the

spoken in Southern Estonia.

Works

*Võrumaa kohanimede analüüs enamlevinud nimeosade põhjal ja traditsioonilise kogukonna nimesüsteem. Dissertationes philologiae estonicae Universitatis Tartuensis, 1406–1325; 22, Tartu Ülikool 2008. *Räpina ja Vastseliina kohanimed. Sünkrooniline ülevaade ja andmebaas. In: Mariko Faster ja Evar Saar. ''Võromaa kotussõnimmist'', Võro Instituut 2002. (MA thesis: Local names of

Räpina Räpina (, ) is a town in Põlva County, Estonia. Räpina was administrative centre of Räpina raion from 1950 until 1961, currently it is the administrative centre of Räpina Parish. The oldest commercial enterprise in Räpina is a paper fac ...

and

Vastseliina Vastseliina (; ) is a small borough (') in Võru Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. Vastseliina was the center of Vastseliina raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term ...

. Synchronical overview and database) *Eve Alender, Kairit Henno, Annika Hussar, Peeter Päll ja Evar Saar. ''Nimekorralduse analüüs'', Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2003. (Analysis of name planning)

References

1969 births Living people People from Võru Parish Linguists from Estonia Estonian journalists Toponymists Language activists Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class {{Estonia-linguist-stub