Clemens Lambertus Voorhoeve (born 1930; also known as "Bert" Voorhoeve) is a Dutch linguist who specializes in

Papuan languages The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. It is a strictly geographical grouping, and does not imply ...

Education

He completed his higher education in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. He obtained his PhD in linguistics at

Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; ) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Established in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince of Orange as a Protestantism, Protestant institution, it holds the d ...

. Prior to obtaining his doctorate, he conducted fieldwork in among the

Asmat people The Asmat are an ethnic group of New Guinea, residing in the province of South Papua, Indonesia. The Asmat inhabit a region on the island's southwestern coast bordering the Arafura Sea, with lands totaling approximately 18,000 km2 (7,336&n ...

of Papua.

Career

In 1965, he was employed as a researcher at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

. He conducted extensive linguistic research in western and southern

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

, as well as in

Western New Guinea Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region ...

. He has also contributed significantly to the classifications of

. Voorhoeve retired in 1988.

Selected publications

*Voorhoeve, C.L. "Miscellaneous Notes on Languages in West Irian, New Guinea". In Dutton, T., Voorhoeve, C. and Wurm, S.A. editors, ''Papers in New Guinea Linguistics'' No. 14. A-28:47-114. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1971. *Voorhoeve, C.L. ''Languages of Irian Jaya: Checklist. Preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists''. B-31, iv + 133 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. *Voorhoeve, C.L. "The Languages of the Lake Murray Area". In Voorhoeve, C., McElhanon, K., Blowers, B. and Blowers, R. editors, ''Papers in New Guinea Linguistics'' No. 12. A-25:1-18. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1970. *Voorhoeve, C.L. ''The

Asmat languages Asmat is a Papuan language cluster of South Papua South Papua, officially the South Papua Province (), is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province located in the southern portion of Western New Guinea, Papua, following the borders of t ...

of Irian Jaya''. B-64, x + 187 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1980. *Voorhoeve, C.L. editor. ''The

Makian Makian (also Machian), known to local people as Mount Kie Besi, is a volcanic island, one of the Maluku Islands within the province of North Maluku in Indonesia. It lies near the southern end of a chain of volcanic islands off the western coast ...

languages and their neighbours''. D-46, viii + 156 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1982. *McElhanon, K.A. and Voorhoeve, C.L. ''The Trans-New Guinea Phylum: Explorations in deep-level genetic relationships''. B-16, vi + 112 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1970.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Voorhoeve, Clemens Living people 1930 births Linguists of Papuan languages Linguists of West Papuan languages Linguists of Asmat–Mombum languages Linguists from the Netherlands Leiden University alumni Australian National University people