Gheorghe Sarău
Gheorghe Sarău (born 21 April 1956, Segarcea-Vale, Teleorman County, Romania) is a Romanian linguist specialized in the Romani language. He is the author of several Romani textbooks and plays an important role in the process of standardization of the Romani language.
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He studied at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest, Russian-Hungarian section, from where he graduated in 1983. During his student years, he also studied Bulgarian, Spanish, German, English and French. While at the faculty, he came across a book on Romani people by Jean Vaillant, which also contained a short introduction to the Romani language. He started to study the language and learn it by himself. Sarău published a large number of articles and papers on the Romani language and participated at numerous national and international conferences on the language.
References
- (in Romanian) Gheorghe Sarău, an Alexandru Graur of the Romani people
- (in Romanian) Gheorghe Sarău - Bibliografie şi activitate (Gheorghe Sarău - Bibliography and activity), Bucharest 2009, ISBN 978-973-173-310-4
External links
- (in Romanian) Gheorghe Sarău's blog
- (in Romanian) Interview with Gheorghe Sarău
- A collection of songs sung by Gheorghe Sarău in Romani