# Gérard Diffloth

> Gérard Diffloth was a French linguist known as a leading specialist in the Austroasiatic languages. As a linguistics professor, he was employed at the University of Chicago and Cornell University. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA, after a dissertation on the Irula language. He was an advocate of immersion fieldwork for linguistic research.

*French linguist (1939–2023)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1939-02-13
- **Died:** 2023-08-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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