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Hello, my name is ''André'' and I'm 35 years old and this page is a little outdated. I come from [[Leipzig]] where I studied [[Linguistics]] and [[Sinology]] at the [[Universität Leipzig|local university]]. I'm doing my PhD at the [[University of Zurich]] about the languages of [[Burma]]. My main interests in linguistics include [[phonetics]], [[phonology]] and [[typology (disambiguation)|typology]], as well as [[historical linguistics]], [[writing system]]s, [[constructed languages]] (esp. [[Esperanto]] and [[Klingon language|Klingon]]) and [[lexicography]]. I also like movies, science (especially [[astronomy]]) and to an extent [[geography]]. I collect dictionaries — they sum up to over '''700''' books in way over '''250''' different languages. See a [[User:N-true/Maps/Dictionaries|map of my dictionary collection]] here!

'''For more information about my life, you can read my blog here:''' http://n-true.livejournal.com/ (but this is now discontinued)

'''P.S.:''' I collect the word for the number '''47''' ("forty-seven") in as many languages as possible. You can see my collection ('''612''' languages so far) [http://n-true.livejournal.com/273399.html here]. I do the same with the word for '''water''', for which I have '''2,425''' languages now (the list is not online, though). In case you know any further translation or if you can correct anything, please leave me a message on my talk page here or as a comment in my LiveJournal. Thank you!

==Articles I created==
# [[User:N-true]]
# [[List of grammatical cases]] (although wikified by [[User:Timwi|Timwi]])
# [[Tsez language]]
# [[Bezhta language]]
# Babel boxes for Upper Saxon ([[Template:User_sxu|sxu]])
# Babel boxes for Tsez ([[Template:User ddo-1|ddo-1]] & [[Template:User ddo-4|ddo-4]])
# [[NGC 47]]
# [[Bahing language]] (although a big part was taken from [[Bahing]])
# [[Hinukh language]]
# [[Cohong]]
# [[Omi language]]
# [[Intrative case]]
# [[Jürgen Vogel]]
# [[List of languages by time of extinction]]
# [[Alexander Kibrik]]

==Articles to which I contributed a bigger part==
* [[List of languages by name]] (major clean-up)
* [[List of linguists]] (major clean-up)
* [[Standard Alphabet by Lepsius]] (everything but the introduction)
* [[Khinalug language]] (almost everything)

==Pictures uploaded by me==
* [[:Image:Marc_Okrand.jpg|Marc Okrand]] (see article on [[Marc Okrand]])

==Plans for the future==
* write [[Toolbox (linguistics)]] and [[Shoebox (linguistics)]]
* write [[Frustrative mood]]
* rewrite [[Upper Saxon German]]
* clean-up the consonant pages such as [[voiced velar implosive]] and add examples
* expand [[Avar language]]
* expand [[Baure language]]
* expand [[Belhare language]]
* expand [[Chintang language]]
* expand [[Cohong]]
* expand [[George van Driem]] ''(translate from Dutch article!)''
* expand [[Juan Gonzáles de Mendoza]]
* expand [[Khwarshi language]]
* expand [[Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology]] ''(translate from German article!)''
* expand [[Messier 47]]
* expand [[Pirahã language]]
* expand [[Puma language]]
* expand [[World Atlas of Language Structures]]
* expand [[Alexander Kibrik]]
* create a few Requested Articles about [[Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Social_sciences#Linguistics|Linguistics]]
* correct all instances of "[[Devnagari]]" to [[Devanagari]]
* add IPA to all Thai name articles
* improve and expand [[Tsez language]]

==Travels and life==
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|align="right"|<small>Lived in:</small>
|align="left"| {{flagicon|China}} {{flagicon|GDR}} {{flagicon|Germany}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}}
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|align="right"|<small>Spent days to weeks in:</small>
|align="left"| {{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Belgium}} {{flagicon|Croatia}} {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} {{flagicon|Denmark}} {{flagicon|France}} {{flagicon|Greece}} {{flagicon|Hungary}} {{flagicon|Italy}} {{flagicon|Japan}} {{flagicon|Myanmar}} {{flagicon|Netherlands}} {{flagicon|Poland}} {{flagicon|Russia}} {{flagicon|Slovakia}} {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Sweden}} {{flagicon|Taiwan}} {{flagicon|Thailand}} {{flagicon|Ukraine}} {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|Vietnam}}
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|align="right"|<small>Spent hours in:</small>
|align="left"| {{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|Laos}} {{flagicon|Liechtenstein}} {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} {{flagicon|Oman}} {{flagicon|Qatar}} {{flagicon|South Korea}} {{flagicon|Turkey}} {{flagicon|UAE}} {{flagicon|Vatican City}}
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|align="right"|<small>Actively planning to go to:</small>
|align="left"| {{flagicon|Albania}}
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|align="right"|<small>Want to (and will) go to,<br>but have no certain plans just yet:</small>
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|align="left"|<small>''Idea and layout stolen from'' [[User:Ezhiki|Ëzhiki]] ''who stole it from'' [[User:Sebastiankessel|Sebastiankessel]]<br> ''who stole it from'' [[User:Guettarda|Guettarda]] ''who stole it from'' [[User:White Cat/ref|White Cat]].</small>
|}
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==My subpages==
*[[User:N-true/Userboxes|additional userboxes]] ''(on hold)''
*[[User:N-true/Dictionaries|my dictionaries]] ''(growing)''
*[[User:N-true/Jail|"Prison" in many languages]] ''(obsolete)''
*[[User:N-true/List of Klingon computer terms|List of computer related terms in Klingon]] ''(in progress)''
*[[User:N-true/ASJP|Wiki page of the Automated Similarity Judgment Program]] ''(redirected)''
*[[User:N-true/Gardiner|Middle Egyptian vocabulary from Gardiner's "Egyptian Grammar"]] ''(in progress)''
*[[User:N-true/Maps|Maps]] ''(just testing)''
*[[User:N-true/Maps/Imperativ|Imperativ of -ern / -eln verbs in German]] ''(growing)''
*[[User:N-true/Maps/Prospekt|Gender of the German word "Prospekt"]] ''(growing)''
*[[User:N-true/Maps/Dictionaries|Map of my dictionary collection]] ''(up to date!)''
*[[User:N-true/Maps/Esperanto2012|Map of all Esperanto events in 2012]] ''(up to date)''

==Wikipedians I know or have met in real-life==
*{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[User:Blahma|Blahma]] — a Czech esperantist whom I met on several [[Internacia Seminario|IS]]os.
*{{flagicon|Japan}} [[User:Brangseng0|Brangseng0]] — a linguist from Japan, working on languages of Northern Burma.
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[User:Chuck_SMITH|Chuck SMITH]] — an American esperantist, who's omnipresent on every IS. ;)
*{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[User:Cmglee|Cmglee]] — a Chinese friend of Timwi's, whom I met in [[Cambridge]].
*{{flagicon|GDR}} [[User:Conny|Conny]] — he had a talk on Wikipedia at the Leipzig Bookfair 2008.
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:Daniel_Krauße|Daniel Krauße]] — a fellow linguist I met on a conference in Leiden.
*{{flagicon|GDR}} [[User:Franczeska|Franczeska]] — a japanophile Wikipedian from Leipzig.
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[User:Goulo|Goulo]] — another American esperantist whom I met during an IS.
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:Haspelmath|Haspelmath]] — a linguist who works in the same institute as I do.
*{{flagicon|GDR}} [[User:Herr-Schlauschlau|Herr-Schlauschlau]] — a fellow student of linguistics from my university.
*{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[User:IanMaddieson|IanMaddieson]] — a famous linguist I met during a conference.
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:Janwo|Janwo]] — a linguist who worked in the same institute as I still do.
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:Junesun|Junesun]] — an esperantist who knows quite many languages.
*{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[User:Kevinbaet|Kevinbaet]] — a linguistics colleague in Zurich.
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:Klaus Schmidt|Klaus Schmidt]] — a fellow student of linguistics.
*{{flagicon|GDR}} [[User:Klingon83|Klingon83]] — someone from my university.
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[User:Lieven|Lieven]] — a Klingon teacher.
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:LogosHelen|LogosHelen]] — a linguist, esperantist, Dr. Who fan and friend of mine.
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:Lupíro|Lupíro]] — an Esperantist I know.
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[User:Marcoscramer|Marcoscramer]] — a German esperantist, also known from several ISos.
*{{flagicon|Israel}} [[User:Michael%Sappir|Michael%Sappir]] — a fellow linguistics student from my university.
*{{flagicon|USSR}} [[User:Newydd|Newydd]] — a colleague who shared office with me at the [[Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology|MPI]].
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[User:Nick_Kalivoda|Nick Kalivoda]] — an Esperantist from [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]], Georgia, whom I met on an IS.
*{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[User:Ohala|Ohala]] — a famous US phonetician.
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:Paul_Ebermann|Paul Ebermann]] — another German esperantist from an IS.
*{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[User:Piraha1|Piraha1]] — the [[Daniel Everett|linguist]] who wrote so much on the [[Pirahã language]].
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:Pne|pne]] — a language geek whom I got to know through [[LiveJournal]] as well.
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:Promb|Promb]] — a linguistics student from [[Münster]].
*{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[User:Ralesk|Ralesk]] — I know him through [[LiveJournal]] and met im in [[Budapest]], once.
*{{flagicon|France}} [[User:Rgyalrongskad|Rgyalrongskad]] — a French linguist working on [[Sino-Tibetan languages]] mostly.
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:Robert_Weemeyer|Robert Weemeyer]] — one of the "greatest" Esperantist in the world. ;)
*{{flagicon|GDR}} [[User:Showmaster|Showmaster]] — a guy from my former high school.
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:Sinatra|Sinatra]] — a (euro)linguist from Germany.
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[User:Sonjaaa|Sonjaaa]] — Canadian esperantist and inventor of [[Toki Pona]].
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[User:Spottedowl|Spottedowl]] — a friend of Timwi, also met him in Cambridge.
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:Stefan_Knauf|Stefan Knauf]] — a German esperantist.
*{{flagicon|GDR}} [[User:Stephan_Schneider|Stephan Schneider]] — German esperantist and folksprakist (or however you call it).
*{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[User:Sven_Siegmund|Sven Siegmund]] — khoisanist and one of my office-mates from the MPI.
*{{flagicon|GDR}} [[User:Thogo|Thogo]] — studied linguistics at the [[University of Leipzig]] with me.
*{{flagicon|USSR}} [[User:Timur_Maisak|Timur Maisak]] — a Russian linguist.
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[User:Timwi|Timwi]] — a good friend, who lives in Cambridge now.
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[User:Trwier|Trwier]] — a linguist colleague from the MPI.
*{{flagicon|GDR}} [[User:Uwe_Gille|Uwe Gille]] — a German Wikipedian and veterinary anatomist.
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[User:Verdlanco|Verdlanco]] — a Norwegian esperantist whom I first met during the [[International Youth Congress of Esperanto|IJK]] in [[Lesjöfors]], Sweden.
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[User:Zrajm|Zrajm]] — a fellow Klingonist from Sweden.
*{{flagicon|GDR}} [[User:Zwenngraw|Zwenngraw]] — a phonetician and colleague from the MPI.

==People with Wikipedia articles that I know or have met in real-life <small>(the people, not the articles)</small>==
<small>'''Note:''' The flags merely show the flag of the country by the time of these people's birth, not their political affiliation! The little asterisk stands for mutual acquaintance.</small>
*[[Alexandra Aikhenvald]], linguist ({{flagicon|USSR}})
*[[Artemis Alexiadou]], linguist ([[File:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg|23px|border]])
*[[Anthony Aristar]], linguist ({{flagicon|South Africa|1928}})
*[[Mark Aronoff]], linguist ({{flagicon|Canada|19216}})
*[[Peter Baláž (Esperantist)|Peter Baláž]], esperantist ({{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}})*
*[[Hugo Egon Balder]], actor ({{flagicon|Germany}})
*[[Russ Ballard]], musician ({{flagicon|UK}})
*[[Ben Becker]], actor ({{flagicon|Germany}})
*[[Lea (musician)|Lea-Marie Becker]] aka LEA, singer ({{flagicon|Germany}})
*[[Pope Francis|Jorge Mario Bergoglio]], Pope Francis ({{flagicon|Argentina}})
*[[Eckhard Bick]], linguist and esperantist ({{flagicon|Germany}})*
*[[Balthasar Bickel]], linguist ({{flagicon|Switzerland}})*
*[[Detlev Blanke]]†, esperantist ({{flagicon|Nazi Germany}})*
*[[Paul Boersma]], linguist ({{flagicon|Netherlands}})
*[[Christophe Boesch]]†, primatologist ({{flagicon|Switzerland}})
*[[David Bradley (linguist)|David Bradley]], linguist ({{flagicon|USA}})
*[[Lyle Campbell]], linguist ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})
*[[Bernard Comrie]], linguist ({{flagicon|United Kingdom}})*
*[[Bruce Darnell]], model ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})
*[[Gérard Diffloth]], linguist ({{flagicon|France}})
*[[George van Driem]], linguist ({{flagicon|Netherlands}})
*[[Matthew Dryer]], linguist ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})
*[[Mamdouh Eldamaty]], egyptologist ({{flagicon|Egypt|1958}})
*[[Bret Easton Ellis]], author ({{flagicon|USA}})
*[[Nicholas Evans (linguist)|Nicholas Evans]], linguist ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})
*[[Daniel Everett]], linguist ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})
*[[Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert]], egyptologist ({{flagicon|Germany}})*
*[[Herbert W. Franke]]†, sci-fi author ({{flagicon|Austria}})
*[[Michael Giacchino]], composer ({{flagicon|USA}})
*[[Cliff Goddard]], linguist ({{flagicon|Australia}})
*[[Russell Gray]], evolutionary biologist ({{flagicon|New Zealand}})*
*[[Peter Grünberg]]†, physicist ({{flagicon|Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia}})
*[[Gregor Gysi]], politician ({{flagicon|USSR}})
*[[Claude Hagège]], linguist ({{flagicon|Tunisia}})
*[[Martin Haspelmath]], linguist ({{flagicon|Germany}})*
*[[Monica Heller]], linguistic anthropologist ({{flagicon|Canada|1921}})
*[[Kim J. Henriksen]], singer ({{flagicon|Denmark}})*
*[[Jean-Jacques Hublin]], anthropologist ({{flagicon|France}})
*[[Larry Hyman]], linguist ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})
*[[Guillaume Jacques]], linguist ({{flagicon|France}})
*[[Kristjan Järvi]], conductor ({{flagicon|USSR}})
*[[The Kelly Family|Jimmy Kelly]], singer ({{flagicon|Spain|1939}})
*[[Burkhard Jung]], politician ({{flagicon|Germany}})
*[[Martin Klebba]], actor and stuntman ({{flagicon|USA}})
*[[Michael Kretschmer]], politician ({{flagicon|GDR}})
*[[Manfred Krifka]], linguist ({{flagicon|Germany}})
*[[Sebastian Krumbiegel]], singer ({{flagicon|GDR}})
*[[Tobias Künzel]], singer ({{flagicon|GDR}})
*[[Jean-Marc Leclercq]], singer ({{flagicon|France}})
*[[Benny Lewis]], polyglot and author ({{flagicon|Ireland}})*
*[[Ian Maddieson]], linguist ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})
*[[Susanne Maria Michaelis]], linguist ({{flagicon|Germany}})*
*[[Oliver Masucci]], actor ({{flagicon|Germany}})
*[[Marianne Mithun]], linguist ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})
*[[Michael Mittermeier]], comedian ({{flagicon|Germany}})
*[[Ulrike Mosel]], linguist ({{flagicon|Allied-occupied Germany}})*
*[[Carol Myers-Scotton]], linguist ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})
*[[Andris Nelsons]], conductor ({{flagicon|USSR}})
*[[Johanna Nichols]], linguist ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})*
*[[John Ohala]]†, linguist ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})
*[[Marc Okrand]], linguist ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})*
*[[Svante Pääbo]], geneticist ({{flagicon|Sweden}})
*[[Leena Peisa]], musician ({{flagicon|Finland}})
*[[Martin Petzold]]†, tenor ({{flagicon|GDR}})
*[[Don Rosa]], comic illustrator ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})
*[[Malcolm Ross (linguist)|Malcolm Ross]], linguist ({{flagicon|UK}})
*[[Bernd Ruf]], conductor ({{flagicon|Germany}})
*[[Laurent Sagart]], sinologist ({{flagicon|France}})
*[[Alicja Sakaguchi]], interlinguist ({{flagicon|Poland}})*
*[[David Scott]] aka ''The Kiffness'', musician ({{flagicon|South Africa|1928}})
*[[Bastian Sick]], language purist ({{flagicon|Germany}})
*[[Paul Sidwell]], linguist ({{flagicon|Australia}})*
*[[Anna Siewierska]]†, linguist ({{flagicon|Poland}})
*[[Richard Simcott]], polyglot ({{flagicon|UK}})*
*[[Per K. Sørensen]], tibetologist ({{flagicon|Denmark}})*
*[[Thant Myint-U]], historian ({{flagicon|USA}})
*[[Michael Tomasello]], psychologist ({{flagicon|USA}})
*[[Krisztina Tóth]], table tennis player ({{flagicon|Hungary}})*
*[[Kevin Tuite]], linguist ({{flagicon|USA|1912}})
*[[Edward Vajda]], linguist ({{flagicon|USA}})*
*[[Jürgen Vogel]], actor ({{flagicon|Germany}})
*[[Bertilo Wennergren|Bertil Wennergren]], esperantist ({{flagicon|Sweden}})*
*[[Søren Wichmann]], linguist ({{flagicon|Denmark}})*
*[[Yanjaa|Yanjaa Wintersoul]], memory athlete ({{flagicon|Mongolia}})*

==External links==
*[http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/count/index.php?name=N-true&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia My Usage Stats + Edit Count]

[[Image:Original_Barnstar.png|frame|{{{align|right}}}|N-true is awarded this Barnstar for his excellent work on the [[Tsez language]] article. &mdash;<span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype">[[User:Khoikhoi|Khoikhoi]]</span> 21:42, 8 June 2006 (UTC)]]

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