Fu Maoji

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Fu Maoji (Chinese: 傅懋勣; pinyin: Fù Màojī; 1911–1988) was a Chinese linguist. With Luo Changpei, he led the development of writing systems for national minority languages of China.

Fu obtained a degree in linguistics at

Yi language. In April 1952, he became chair of the Department of Minority Languages of the Institute of Linguistics. In 1955, he organized the Institute of Minority Languages under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
, becoming the vice director in 1956.

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