Li Fang-Kuei

Li Fang-Kuei
Li Fang-Kuei
Born	August 20, 1902; Guangzhou, Guangdong
Died	21 August 1987 (aged 85); San Mateo County, California, United States
Nationality	Republic of China; United States[citation needed];
Academic background
Education	Tsinghua University; University of Michigan; University of Chicago;
Thesis	Mattole: An Athabaskan Language (1928)
Doctoral advisor	Edward Sapir
Academic work
Discipline	Linguistics
Institutions	Yale University; Harvard University; Academia Sinica; University of Washington; University of Hawaiʻi;
Notable students	W. South Coblin; David R. Knechtges;
Chinese name
Chinese	李方桂
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lǐ Fāngguì
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Lii Fangguey
Wade–Giles	Li3 Fang1-kuei4
IPA	[lì fáŋkwêɪ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Léih Fōng-gwai
Jyutping	Lei5 Fong1-gwai3

Li Fang-Kuei (Chinese: 李方桂; 20 August 1902 – 21 August 1987) was a Chinese linguist known for his studies of the varieties of Chinese, his reconstructions of Old Chinese and Proto-Tai, and his documentation of Dene languages in North America.