Leanne Hinton

Leanne Hinton
Leanne Hinton speaking at an Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival conference, 2008
Born28 September 1941
United States
NationalityAmerican
EducationPhD, University of California, San Diego (1977)
Occupation(s)Linguist, Professor Emerita
Years active1978–present
EmployerUniversity of California, Berkeley (Emerita)
Known forLanguage revitalization, American Indian languages, sociolinguistics
Notable workBringing Our Languages Home, How to Keep Your Language Alive
AwardsCultural Freedom Award (2006), Language, Linguistics, and the Public award (2012)
WebsiteHinton's home page

Leanne Hinton (born 28 September 1941) is an American linguist and emerita professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley.