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Rasmus Rask, a Common card
Rasmus Kristian Rask was a Danish linguist, philologist and a principal founder of the science of comparative linguistics.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,300
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Rasmus Rask quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Rasmus Rask card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
In ____, he first showed that, in their consonant sounds, words in the Germanic languages vary with a certain regularity from their equivalents in the other Indo-European languages.
Answer
1810s. In 1818, he first showed that, in their consonant sounds, words in the Germanic languages vary with a certain regularity from their equivalents in the other Indo-European languages. From the Rasmus Rask article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Robert Bartini. Robert Bartini 67 · Rasmus Rask 64 · Jérôme Lalande 61 · Deckchair 54 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In 1818, he first showed that, in their consonant sounds, words in the Germanic languages vary with a certain regularity from their equivalents in the other Indo-European languages.
- What Rask observed proved to be the basis of a fundamental law of comparative linguistics, which was formally set forth in 1822 by Jacob Grimm.
- Rask traveled extensively to study languages, first to Iceland, where he wrote the first grammar of Icelandic, and later to Russia, Persia, India, and Ceylon.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Rasmus Rask article was read about 8,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Rasmus Rask (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bærentzen, Emil (30.10.1799-14.2.1868), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
