John Lynch (linguist)

For other persons named John Lynch, see John Lynch (disambiguation).

John Lynch, born July 8, 1946, in Sydney, Australia, is a linguist specializing in Oceanic languages. He is a retired professor and the former Director of the Pacific Languages Unit at the University of the South Pacific in Port Vila, Vanuatu. His areas of focus are languages of Vanuatu; history of languages of the Pacific; pidgin and creole languages; language change; dictionaries; orthography design. He is currently the editor of the journal Oceanic Linguistics.