Career
His studies included Romanian phonology, Vlach, Romanian, Serbian, and other Slavic dialectology. He was born in the village of Torak (formerly Begejci) in Vojvodina (northern Serbia). Among his many books were:
Despre nazalitate în limba română (On nasalization in the Romanian language)
Graiul carașovenilor (Language of Krashovani)
Folclor din Valea Almajului (Folklore from the Almajului Valley, 1935)
Folclor de la moții din Scărișoara (Folklore of the Moţii of Scărişoara, 1939).
