Ilia Peiros

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Ilia Peiros
Peiros at an October 2004 conference held in memory of Vladislav Illich-Svitych
Born	Ilia Iosifovich Peiros Илья Иосифович Пейрос 1948 Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Linguist
Academic work
Institutions	Santa Fe Institute
Main interests	Historical linguistics, East Asian languages

Ilia Peiros (full name: Ilia Iosifovich Peiros, Илья Иосифович Пейрос; born 1948) is a Russian linguist who specializes in the historical linguistics of East Asia. Peiros is a well-known scholar in the Moscow School of Comparative Linguistics, known for its work on long-range comparative linguistics.^[1][2] Peiros is affiliated with the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, United States and was also a former faculty member at the University of Melbourne.^[3][4]