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'''Narayan Govind Kalelkar''' ([[Devanagari]]: नारायण गोविंद कालेलकर) (December 11, 1909 - 1989) was a [[linguist]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].<br />
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He was born in the village of Bambuli in [[Ratnagiri District]]. He received his early college education in [[Baroda]] and [[Mumbai]] with specialization in French language, and a D.Lit. Degree from a university in [[Paris]].<br />
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He taught [[French language|French]] and Literature at Baroda Vidyapeeth, and [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]/[[Indo-European languages]] at [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Deccan College]] in [[Pune]].<br />
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Kalelkar authored several books on linguistics in [[Marathi language|Marathi]], they being the first of their kind in Marathi. His ''Dhwanivichar'' (ध्वनिविचार) (1955) and ''Bhasha Ani Samskruti'' (भाषा आणि संस्कृति) (1960) received [[Maharashtra]] state's literary prizes; and his ''Bhasha: Itihas Ani Bhoogol'' (भाषा: इतिहास आणि भूगोल) (1964) received a [[Sahitya Akademi]] award in 1967.<br />
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==Contribution to Konkani language==<br />
Kalekar's study of [[Konkani Language|Konkani]] was instrumental in Sahitya Akademi's decision in 1975 to recognize Konkani as an independent Indian language (rather than being a dialect of Marathi).<br />
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