Tache Papahagi (October 20, 1892 – January 17, 1977; ) was an Aromanian folklorist and linguist. He was born into an Aromanian family in

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(), a village that formed part of the

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and is now in

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. He attended primary school in his native village, followed from 1902 to 1912 by studies at the Romanian high schools in

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and

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. From 1912 to 1916, he went to the literature and philosophy faculty of the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest (UB) () is a public university, public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy of Bucharest, P ...

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. In 1925, he obtained a doctorate in

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from the same institution; his thesis dealt with the

Maramureș dialect The Maramureș dialect (''subdialectul/graiul maramureșean'') is one of the dialects of the Romanian language (Daco-Romanian). Its geographic distribution covers approximately the historical region of Maramureș, now split between Romania and Uk ...

and folklore. He was a high school teacher at

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from 1916 to 1918. Papahagi was then hired at his alma mater, where he rose from teaching assistant (1920–1925) to

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(1926–1928), associate professor (1928–1943) and full professor (1943–1948).Aurel Sasu (ed.), , vol. II, p. 293. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. His first book was a printed conference report, the 1915 . In 1927, he started a course on Romanian linguistic ethnography, the first of its kind. His contributions appeared in , and . His research was consistently interdisciplinary, combining ethnography, folklore and dialectology, and analyzing phenomena from comparatist, Romance and Balkan perspectives. A good part of his work dealt with the literary, folk and religious corpus in the

Aromanian language The Aromanian language (, , , , , or , , ), also known as Vlach or Macedo-Romanian, is an Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance language, similar to Megleno-Romanian language, Megleno-Romanian, Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian an ...

, and was aimed at making it known and emphasizing its value. An early work in this direction was ''Antologie aromânească'' ("Aromanian Anthology"; 1922), which features a selection of folk literary texts (proverbs, riddles, lyrical poems,

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s, legends, stories, traditions and

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s), cultured literature (extracts from works by

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, Nicolae Constantin Batzaria,

Constantin Belimace Constantin Belimace (July 1848 – 1932) was an Aromanian poet. He was born into an Aromanian family in Malovišta (), a village that formed part of the Ottoman Empire's Rumelia Eyalet and is now in North Macedonia. His father was Tașcu Belim ...

Marcu Beza Marcu Beza (June 30, 1882 in Kleisoura, Ottoman Empire – May 6, 1949 in Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian poet, writer, essayist, literary critique, publicist, folklorist, and diplomat of Aromanian origin. Beza was elected a corresponding ...

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, Tache Caciona,

George Ceara George Ceara (also Ceară; 18 October 1880/1881 – 4 April 1939; ) was an Aromanian poet, prose writer and schoolteacher. He was born in in the Ottoman Empire, now in Greece, and was raised in a transhumant lifestyle. After graduating from th ...

, Ion Foti,

George Murnu George Murnu (; ; 1 January 1868 in Veria, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – 17 November 1957 in Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian university professor, archaeologist, historian, translator, and poet of Aromanian origin. After attending th ...

Nuși Tulliu Nuși Tulliu (23 April 1872 – 8 April 1941; ) was an Aromanian poet and prose writer. He was born into an Aromanian family in Avdella, a village that formed part of the Ottoman Empire's Manastir Vilayet and is now in Greece. He began school i ...

Nicolae Velo Nicolae C. Velo (1882–1924) was an Aromanian poet and diplomat in Romania. He was born in 1882 in Malovište (), then in the Ottoman Empire and now in North Macedonia. After studying at the school in his hometown, Velo entered the Romanian H ...

and others), Aromanian folk music and a glossary. His studies of ethnography and folklore (among them , vol. I-III, 1928-1934; , 1927; , 1932; , 1948, , 1979), as well as of linguistics (, 1937; , 1943; , 1963), are the result of careful fieldwork and show a vast erudition not only in his specialty, but also in related fields. Papahagi held numerous university courses on linguistics, ethnography and folklore, many of which were printed. In 1964, the year he became an emeritus professor, he was granted the State Prize.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Papahagi, Tache 1892 births 1977 deaths People from Avdella Aromanians from the Ottoman Empire Romanian people of Aromanian descent Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Romania Romanian High School of Bitola alumni University of Bucharest alumni Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Romanian ethnographers Romanian folklorists Aromanian schoolteachers Romanian schoolteachers Aromanian linguists Linguists from Romania 20th-century linguists

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