Ruben Nirvi

{{Short description|Finnish linguist}}

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Ruben Erik Nirvi (until 1928 Snirvi, born 16 December 1905 in Askola - died 26 January 1986 in Helsinki) was a Finnish linguist.Ellonen, Leena (ed.): Suomen professorit 1640–2007, p. 575. Helsinki: Professoriliitto, 2008. {{ISBN|978-952-99281-1-8}}. He was the deputy of Finnish philology at the University of Helsinki from 1955 to 1957 and the personal additional professor of the Finnish language from 1957 to 1972. He was a special expert on Finnish, especially the Ingrian dialects. He defended his thesis Sanankieltoja ja niihin liittyviä kielenilmiöitä itämerensuomalaisissa kielissä: Riista- ja kotieläintalous ("Negative words and linguistic phenomena connected to them in Baltic Finnic languages: Game and animal husbandry").[http://www.helsinki.fi/hum/skl/laitos/prof_historia/nirvi.htm R. E. Nirvi]. University of Helsinki. {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130430021838/http://www.helsinki.fi/hum/skl/laitos/prof_historia/nirvi.htm |date=2013-04-30 }}Otavan Iso tietosanakirja, volume 6, s. 417. Otava 1968.