Kristiina Ross (born 3 June 1955 in Tallinn) is an Estonian linguist and translator. [1] [2]
In 1978 she graduated from Tartu State University in Estonian philology. Since 1978 she is working at Estonian Language Institute. She has also worked at Estonian Humanitarian Institute. [1]
Her main fields of research have been the grammar of Estonian language and other Finnic languages, Bible translations into Estonian. [1]
Her father was the writer Jaan Kross. [1]
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