Tom Güldemann

Tom Güldemann
Born1965
Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationLinguist
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Cologne
ThesisVerbalmorphologie und Nebenprädikationen im Bantu: Eine Studie zur funktional motivierten Genese eines konjugationalen Subsystems (1995)
Academic work
DisciplineLinguistics
Sub-disciplineLanguage classification, linguistic typology
InstitutionsHumboldt University of Berlin
Main interestsLanguages of Africa

Tom Güldemann (born 1965) is a German linguist and Africanist. He is currently a professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin's Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften (IAAW, Institute of Asian and African Studies). He specializes in the languages of Africa, particularly Khoisan languages, Bantu languages, and comparative surveys of African languages and linguistics.