Henri Ramirez | |
Birth Place: | Algeria |
Occupation: | Linguist |
Alma Mater: | University of Provence |
Thesis Title: | Le Parler Yanomamɨ des Xamatauteri |
Thesis Year: | 1994 |
Doctoral Advisor: | Jean Doneux |
Workplaces: | 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]
acrescida de seis novas línguas e dois bancos de dados (2020)