#OTD 99 years ago, Luise Hercus (1926-2018) was born 🥳 She had first studied Middle Indo-Aryan languages, but later turned her attention to fieldwork and documentation of several Australian indigenous languages, such as Paakantyi, Wirangu, and Diyari.
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