Henri Ramirez | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Provence |
| Thesis | Le Parler Yanomamɨ des Xamatauteri (1994) |
| 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. Afterwards, he obtained a Bachelor's, Master's, and doctorate degree at the University of Provence. He has lived among the Yanomami people for years and documented their language in various dissertations and monographs.
Ramirez mainly publishes monographs. One of his best-known books is Línguas Arawak da Amazônia Setentrional: Comparação e Descrição (2001). Others include: