Alexis Michaud

Alexis Michaud is a French linguist specialising in the study of Southeast Asian languages, especially Naic languages and Vietnamese. He is also known for his work on the typology of tonal languages and as a foremost proponent of Panchronic phonology. He is one of the main editors of the Pangloss Collection. He works at the LACITO research centre within Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

He is member of the editorial board of journals such as ''Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area'' and associate editor of the ''Journal of the International Phonetic Association''.

A documentary film entitled ''Sound Hunter'' was made about his fieldwork in Yunnan, China. Provided by Wikipedia