David George Nash (born 1951)[1] is a prominent Australian field linguist, specialising in the Aboriginal languages of Australia.
Brought up in Parkes, New South Wales, he received a BA in pure mathematics from the Australian National University followed by an M.A.
He is also a Visiting Fellow of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
Nash is an expert on Warlpiri and other languages of the Northern Territory of Australia as well as on the oral history of the Aboriginal peoples of this area.
In this capacity, in addition to his purely scholarly work, he has provided expert testimony regarding land claims.