Anna Dybo

Anna Vladimirovna Dybo (, born June 4, 1959) is a Russian linguist who specializes in the Altaic languages.

Dybo is an active defender of the existence of the Altaic language family, despite the objections of many other linguists, especially those outside Russia. She is co-author (with Sergei Starostin) of the ''Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages'' (2003), which encompasses some 3,000 Proto-Altaic stems.

Anna is the daughter of Vladimir Dybo and has three children. She was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2008. Provided by Wikipedia