The Department of African languages exists since 1965.
It deals mainly with the languages of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Research focuses
- documentation and description of African languages
- historical linguistics, areal typology and microtypology
- sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics, language contact, translation studies
Language families, language groups and languages currently dealt with
- Afroasiatic, including
- Chadic, including
- Kotoko
- Hausa
- Semitic, including
- Soqotri
- Chadic, including
- Bantu, including
- Swahili
- Zulul
- Dabida
- Mande, including
- Bamana
- Susu
- Kla-Dan
- Kpelle
- Kono
- Ngen
- Kwa, including
- Ewe
- Akebu
- Ginyanga
- Atlantic, including
- Pulaar-Fulfulde (Fula)
- Dogon
Edited
- “Language in Africa” Journal (since 2020)
- “Fundamentals of African linguistics” (1997–2018)
- “Studies in the languages of Africa” (2006–2016)
Upcoming events
Projects in progress
“Languages of West Africa: description and comparative analysis” (supported by RSCF)
Contact
Russia, 125009, Moscow, Bolshoy Kislovskiy per. 1/12
office 35
E-mail: africa (at) iling-ran.ru