Evar Saar

Evar Saar in 2008.

Evar Saar (Võro: Saarõ Evar; born 16 August 1969) is an Estonian linguist, journalist, toponymist a Võro language activist. He has traveled extensively around the historical county of Võrumaa and documented the original names of all major geographical features there.[1] In total, he has collected over 50,000 names from the Võro language spoken in Southern Estonia.

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References

  1. ↑ Helgi Leesmen (19 September 2008). "Võrukestest teadlased külastasid Kanadat ning kõnelesid kohanimedest". Eesti elu (in Estonian). Retrieved 27 January 2011.


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