Norbert Cyffer (born 16 May 1943 in Dortmund, Germany) is a German-Austrian linguist and Professor Emeritus of African Studies at the University of Vienna.
His research areas include morphology, syntax, language contact, sociolinguistics, typology, and applied linguistics.
Over the course of two years, he performed two field trips in northeastern Nigeria to collect data for his dissertation.
[3] After teaching and research in Nigeria, he worked as a professor at the University of Mainz in 1982.
[5] In 1994, he was appointed full professor at the University of Vienna, where he worked until retiring in 2011.