Theraphan Luangthongkum
Theraphan Luangthongkum | |
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| ธีระพันธ์ เหลืองทองคำ | |
| Born | Thailand |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Other names | Theraphan L-Thongkum |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Chulalongkorn University |
| Main interests | Tai 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, making her the first Thai linguist to receive this honor.