Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino (born February 10, 1940 in

Huancayo Huancayo (; in qu, label= Wanka Quechua, Wankayuq , '(place) with a (sacred) rock') is the capital of Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru. Location Huancayo is located in Huancayo Province, of which it is also the capital. S ...

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) is a

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vian

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Ling ...

who has crucially contributed to the investigation and development of the

Quechuan languages Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widel ...

. He has also made outstanding contributions to the study of the

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

, Mochica and Chipaya languages.

Biography

He pursued his first degree at the

National University of San Marcos The National University of San Marcos ( es, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, link=no, UNMSM) is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. It is considered the most important, recognized and representative ed ...

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...

. After graduating, he obtained his master's degree at

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teac ...

and his Ph.D. degree at the

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Unive ...

. He started his studies by researching the Quechuan variety spoken in his homeland: the

Mantaro Valley The Mantaro Valley, also known as Jauja Valley, is a fluvial inter-Andean valley of Junin region, east of Lima, the capital of Peru. The Mantaro River flows through the fertile valley which produces potatoes, maize, and vegetables among oth ...

region. Engaged by the Peruvian Ministry of Education, he wrote the first grammar and dictionary of Wanka Quechua, both published in 1976. He has fought strongly for preservation and development of Quechua in all of its varieties. In 1994 he published a dictionary of

Southern Quechua Southern Quechua ( qu, Urin qichwa, es, quechua sureño), or simply Quechua (Qichwa or Qhichwa), is the most widely spoken of the major regional groupings of mutually intelligible dialects within the Quechua language family, with about 6.9 mi ...

, proposing a unified orthographic standard for all Quechua of southern Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. This standard has been accepted by many institutions in Peru and is used officially for Quechua in Bolivia, as well as on the Wikipedia Quechua pages. Cerrón-Palomino is currently a professor in linguistics at the

Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Pontifical Catholic University of Peru ( es, link=no, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, PUCP) is a private university in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1917 with the support and approval of the Catholic Church, being the oldest private ...

in Lima.

Works (selection)

* 1976 ''Diccionario quechua Junín-Huanca''. Ministerio de educación del Perú * 1976 ''Gramática quechua Junín-Huanca''. Ministerio de educación del Perú * 1987 Unidad y diferenciación lingüística en el mundo andino. ''Lexis'', 11: 1, pp. 71–010-t. También en López, Luis Enrique (Comp.) ''Pesquisas en lingüística andina''. Lima: Gráfica Bellido, pp. 121–152. * 1987 ''Lingüística Quechua''. Cuzco, Perú: Bartolomé de Las Casas * 1989 Quechua y mochica: lenguas en contacto. ''Lexis'', 13: 1, pp. 47–68. * 1989 ''Lengua y sociedad en el Valle del Mantaro''. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos. * 1990 Reconsideración del llamado quechua costeño. ''Revista Andina'', 16: 2, pp. 335–409. * 1991 El Inca Garcilaso o la lealtad idiomática. ''Lexis'', 1.5: 2, pp. 133–178. * 1992 Diversidad y unificación léxica en el mundo andino. En Godenzzi, Juan Carlos (Comp.) ''El quechua en debate: ideología normal y enseñanza''. Cuzco: C.E.R.A. "Bartolomé de Las Casas", pp. 205–235. * 1993 Los fragmentos de Gramática del Inca Garcilaso. ''Lexis'', 17: 2, pp. 219–257. * 1994 ''Quechua sureño, diccionario unificado quechua-castellano, castellano-quechua''. Lima, Biblioteca Nacional del Perú. * 1994 ''Quechumara. Estructuras paralelas del quechua y del aymara''. Lima: CIPA, 42 * 1995 ''La lengua de Naimlap (reconstrucción y obsolescencia del mochica)''. Lima: Fondo editorial de la PUC. * 1996 "El Nebrija indiano". Prólogo a la edición de la ''Grammatica'' de Fray Domingo de Santo Tomás, Cuzco: C.E.R.A. Bartolomé de las Casas. * 1998 El cantar de Inca Yupanqui y la lengua secreta de los incas. ''Revista Andina'', 32, pp. 417–452. * 1999 Tras las huellas del aimara cuzqueño. ''Revista Andina'', 33, pp. 137–161. * 2000 ''Lingüística aimara'' Cuzco: C.E.R.A. Bartolomé de Las Casas. * 2003. ''Castellano Andino. Aspectos sociolingüísticos, pedagógicos y gramaticales''. Lima: PUCP. * 2006 ''El chipaya o la lengua de los hombres del agua''. Lima: PUCP. * 2008 ''Voces del Ande. Ensayos sobre Onomástica Andina''. Lima: PUCP.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cerron Palomino, Rodolfo Peruvian male writers Linguists from Peru 1940 births Living people People from Huancayo Cornell University alumni Peruvian expatriates in the United States University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni National University of San Marcos alumni Pontifical Catholic University of Peru faculty