Henri Ramirez | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Linguist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Provence |
Thesis | Le Parler Yanomamɨ des Xamatauteri (1994) |
Doctoral advisor | Jean Doneux |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Federal University of Rondônia, Guajará-Mirim |
Main interests | Arawakan languages and ethnobiology |
Notable works | Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak (2020) |
Henri Ramirez is a French-Brazilian linguist known especially for his research on Arawakan languages and other language families of the Amazonian region. He is currently a professor at the Federal University of Rondônia, Guajará-Mirim.
Born in Algeria (then part of France), Ramirez graduated with a master's degree in Engineering from the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in 1977. [1] Afterwards, he obtained a Bachelor's, Master's, and doctorate degree at the University of Provence. [2] He has lived among the Yanomami people for years and documented their language in various dissertations and monographs. [3]
Ramirez mainly publishes monographs. [1] One of his best-known books is Línguas Arawak da Amazônia Setentrional: Comparação e Descrição (2001). Others include: [4]