Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino

Rodolfo Marcial Cerrón-Palomino Balbín (born February 10, 1940, in Huancayo, Peru) is a Peruvian linguist who has crucially contributed to the investigation and development of the Quechuan languages.

[1] He has also made outstanding contributions to the study of the Aymara, Mochica and Chipaya languages.

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

Engaged by the Peruvian Ministry of Education, he wrote the first grammar and dictionary of Wanka Quechua, both published in 1976.

Cerrón-Palomino is currently a professor in linguistics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima.