Henri Ramirez


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.

Education

Born in Algeria, 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 all at the University of Provence. He has lived among the Yanomami people for years and documented their language in various dissertations and monographs.

Selected works

Monographs

Ramirez mainly publishes monographs. One of his best-known books is Línguas Arawak da Amazônia Setentrional: Comparação e Descrição. Others include: