Languages ​​of the world. Languages ​​Mande

The book is the next volume of the multi -volume encyclopedic publication "Languages ​​of the World", which is created at the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. This volume contains a description of the MANDE family, common in Western Subsacharian Africa. A significant part of its articles is the first descriptions of languages ​​compiled on the basis of materials collected by authors in expeditions. Articles are written in accordance with a single typologically oriented scheme, which is used in all volumes of the publication "Languages ​​of the world" and ensures the comparability of the characteristics of various languages. Information about languages ​​is complemented by language cards. Tom is both fundamental scientific work, and the publication with a wide circle of readers, including linguists of various specializations, historians, ethnographers, teachers, students and graduate students, as well as all those interested in African languages