Theraphan Luangthongkum

Theraphan Luangthongkum
ธีระพันธ์ เหลืองทองคำ
Born
Thailand
NationalityThai
Other namesTheraphan L-Thongkum
OccupationLinguist
Academic work
InstitutionsChulalongkorn University
Main interestsTai languages, Austroasiatic languages

Professor Theraphan Luangthongkum (Thai: ธีระพันธ์ เหลืองทองคำ; also cited variously as L-Thongkum, L. Thongkum or Thongkum in publications) is a Thai linguist, specializing in phonetics, linguistic fieldwork, lexicography and minority languages of Southeast Asia. She is currently a faculty member of the Department of Linguistics, the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

In 2010 she was awarded an honorary membership by the Linguistics Society of America,[1] making her the first Thai linguist to receive this honor.

  1. ^ Linguistic Society of America. "Honorary Members 2010". Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2010.