| Theraphan Luangthongkum | |
| Other Names: | Theraphan L-Thongkum |
| Native Name: | ธีระพันธ์ เหลืองทองคำ |
| Birth Place: | Thailand |
| Nationality: | Thai |
| Occupation: | Linguist |
| Workplaces: | Chulalongkorn University |
| Main Interests: | Tai languages, Austroasiatic languages |
Professor Theraphan Luangthongkum (Thai: ธีระพันธ์ เหลืองทองคำ; also cited variously as L-Thongkum, L. Thongkum or Thongkum in publications) is a Thai linguist, specializing in phonetics, linguistic fieldwork, lexicography and minority languages of Southeast Asia. She is currently a faculty member of the Department of Linguistics, the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
In 2010 she was awarded an honorary membership by the Linguistics Society of America,[1] making her the first Thai linguist to receive this honor.
Prof. Luangthongkum graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University in 1968 with a BA (2nd class honors) in English. She then went to the University of California at Davis, where she received her MA in linguistics in 1970. With a scholarship from the Ford Foundation, she furthered her studies in phonetics at the University of Edinburgh, where she obtained her Ph.D. in 1977 presenting the thesis 'Rhythm in standard Thai'.[2]