David Gil (born 1 November 1953 in London, United Kingdom)[1] is a linguist specializing in Indonesian and Malay linguistics.
His research interests include Malayic comparative linguistics, syntax, semantics, linguistic typology, and language evolution.
He completed his master's degree in linguistics in 1978 at the University of Tel Aviv.
In 1982, he defended his PhD thesis Distributive Numerals at the University of California, Los Angeles.
[1] Gil regularly organises academic conferences on the languages of Indonesia, such as the International Symposium on Malay/Indonesian Linguistics (ISMIL), International Symposium on the Languages of Java (ISLOJ), and Workshop on the Languages of Papua (WLP).