R. David Zorc

R. David Zorc (also R. David Paul Zorc;[1] born 1943[2]) is an American linguist primarily known for his work on Austronesian languages and linguistics, particularly the Philippine languages.

[3][4] Zorc graduated cum laude with an A.B.

[5] His doctoral dissertation was a comprehensive survey of the Bisayan languages.

[6] From 1976 to 1986, Zorc was a Senior Lecturer at the School of Australian Linguistics (SAL).

[7] Zorc has contributed to major works on Austronesian historical linguistics such as the Comparative Austronesian Dictionary (1995), to which he contributed an index of Proto-Austronesian reconstructions.