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John D Bengtson
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John D. Bengtson is a historical and anthropological linguist. He is a past president and currently a vice-president of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory, and has served as editor of the journal Mother Tongue (1996-2003 and 2007-). He is also a participant in the Evolution of Human Language Project, sponsored by Murray Gell-Mann and the Santa Fe Institute.

His areas of specialization include:

  • Scandinavian languages and linguistics
  • Indo-European linguistics
  • African languages
  • Dene-Caucasian languages
  • Austric languages
  • Paleolinguistics (the study of prehistory through linguistic evidence).