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Aone van Engelenhoven (born 1962) is a Dutch linguist and anthropologist [1] who teaches at Leiden University. He conducts research in the field of linguistics and anthropology, with a focus on smaller languages from Indonesia. He has carried out extensive research about languages and traditions of Maluku and East Timor. [2]
He was educated at the University of Leiden, where he graduated with a master's degree in comparative linguistics in 1987. [3] He wrote a PhD dissertation on the description of the Leti language in 1995. [4] He started as a lecturer of Austronesian languages in 1993 at Leiden University.
Van Engelenhoven was born to an Indonesian mother from the Leti Islands.[ citation needed] He was admitted to a local clan in 1989, giving him a special insight into the culture and allowing him to learn the clan's songs and stories.[ citation needed]
In 2007, he accidentally discovered a virtually extinct language called Rusenu while studying another endangered language from East Timor called Makuva. [5]