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Nov 17, 1966 Ponoka, Alberta, Canada 57 years old
Canadian linguist
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- David Harrison (born 1966, Ponoka, Alberta, Canada), is a linguist, anthropologist, author and activist for the documentation and preservation of endangered languages.
- He is a Professor of Linguistics teaching at Swarthmore College and a Fellow of the National Geographic Society and The Explorers Club.
- His research focuses on the Turkic languages of central Siberia and western Mongolia.
- He co-starred in Ironbound Films' Emmy-nominated 2008 documentary film The Linguists.
- He serves as director of research for the non-profit Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.Harrison has done field work on several endangered languages in Siberia and Mongolia including Tuvan, Tsengel Tuvan, Tofa, Chulym, Monchak, Munda, and also in Paraguay, Chile, Papua New Guinea, India, Micronesia and Vanuatu.
- He specializes in phonology, morphology, and in the study of language endangerment, extinction and revitalization, environmental knowledge, and digital lexicography.
