K. Alexander Adelaar
K. Alexander Adelaar | |
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Adelaar at Kuala Lumpur (2011) | |
| Born | Karl Alexander Adelaar 1953 (age 72–73) |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Blust |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Melbourne |
| Main interests | Austronesian linguistics |
Karl Alexander "Sander" Adelaar FAHA (born 1953 in The Hague) is a linguist primarily interested in the Austronesian languages of Borneo, Madagascar, and Taiwan, as well as the Malayic languages. He also does research on the oral and literary traditions of Indonesia.
Adelaar is currently attached to Palacky University (Olomouc, Czech Republic) and affiliated with the University of Melbourne. He is the current managing editor of Pacific Linguistics and managing editor of Oceanic Linguistics. He has been a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities since 2008.