Henri Ramirez
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Henri Ramirez | |
|---|---|
| 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]
