Louis Barral (1910–1999) was a
Monégasque lexicographer
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Lexicographical writings
He was the joint author, with
Suzanne Simone, of a French–Monégasque Dictionary (1983). This work complements
Louis Frolla's Monégasque–French Dictionary (1963).
The dictionary and other works have contributed to a flourishing of
literature
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in the
Monégasque language
Monégasque may refer to:
* Monégasque dialect, the local Ligurian dialect of Monaco
* Something of, from, or related to Monaco
** Demographics of Monaco
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Anthropological activities
Barral was the keeper of the
Prehistoric Anthropology
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Museum
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of
Monaco
Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...
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History
In April 1958, ''Louis Barral'' discovered the
Cavern of Vallonnet along with
René Pascal
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See also
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Louis Frolla#Lexicographical writings
External links
Official website for the Prehistoric Anthropology Museum of Monaco
1910 births
1999 deaths
French lexicographers
Monegasque writers
French male non-fiction writers
20th-century French male writers
20th-century lexicographers
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