David Whitehorn Arnott (23 June 1915 – 10 March 2004) was a British linguist who was Professor of West African Languages at School of Oriental and African Studies. He is known for his works on Fulani and Tiv.^[1][2]

His works are the following:^{[citation needed]}

• Dictionnary of verb roots in Fulfulde dialects
• Fula language studies : present position and future prospects
• The languages of West Africa
• The nominal and verbal system of Fula
• The parent and the teacher: a grammatical analysis of a Fula text
• Particles in Fula : their behaviour and meanings
• Proverbial lore and word-play of the Fulani

• Kathleen Arnott