Ivo Hajnal

{{Short description|Swiss–Austrian philologist (born 1961)}}

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{{Infobox academic

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1961}}

| birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland

| discipline = Linguist

| sub_discipline = {{Plainlist|

• Philology
• Indo-European languages

}}

| alma_mater = University of Zurich {{Small|(PhD)}}

| workplaces = University of Innsbruck

}}

Ivo Hajnal (born 1961 in Zürich) is a Swiss–Austrian philologist and linguist, specialized in Indo-European studies and Mycenaean Greek.

Hajnal studied Indo-European linguistics and philology at the University of Zurich, and received his PhD in 1990 for a dissertation on the Mycenaean Greek case system. His Habilitation (completed in 1995) focused on ancient Lycian.

Following positions in Berlin and Münster, Hajnal was appointed a full professor in ancient linguistics at the University of Innsbruck in 2001.[http://sprawi.at/de/hajnal Ivo Hajnal's profile at University of Innsbruck] He was later made Chairman of the Senate in 2004.

Hajnal is a member of the Luwian Studies foundation board.[https://luwianstudies.org/foundation-board/ Luwian Studies Foundation Board]