Mati Erelt

Mati Erelt (12 March 1941 – 12 October 2024) was an Estonian linguist.

In 1965 he graduated from the University of Tartu with a degree in Estonian language and literature.

From 1991 to 1995 he was a visiting professor at the Chair of Finno-Ugric Languages at the University of Helsinki, and from 1995 to 2006 he was a professor at the Chair of Estonian at the University of Tartu.

He was later Professor Emeritus at the University of Tartu as well as a Senior Research Fellow.

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