Johannes Cornelis Anceaux (born 4 July 1920 in Schiedam, Netherlands; died 6 August 1988 in

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, Netherlands) was a Dutch

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and anthropologist known for his extensive work on Papuan and Austronesian languages. Apart from his monographs on

Wolio 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 lang ...

, Nimboran, and the languages of

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, Anceaux was also known for his wordlists of languages of

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.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. However, the outbreak of

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

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

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(1900–1990), he returned to Leiden University 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 lan ...

Southeast Sulawesi Southeast Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Tenggara) 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 Wawonii (formerly ...

.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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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: 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 Japan, Jobi) is an island of 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 Mios Num Island ...

, 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''. (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 Linguists from the Netherlands People from Schiedam Linguists of Austronesian languages Linguists of Papuan languages Linguists of Nimboran languages 20th-century linguists Leiden University alumni Indonesianists