1965-1970:

M.A., Moscow State University, Faculty of Philology, Department of Structural and Applied Linguistics. Thesis: "Grammatical Description of Bantu Languages".

1971-1976:

Ph.D., Academy of Sciences of USSR, Institute of Oriental Studies, Department of Linguistics.Dissertation:"Grannatical and Phonetic Essay of Rwanda Language"

1976-1989:

Researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences of USSR. The field: Grammar and Lexicology of African Languages.

1990-1992:

Editor, Jewish Encyclopedia in Russian, Jerusalem.

Oct.1990 à

Lecturer and teacher of: African Languages and Linguistics; Socio-linguistic problems of African countries; Swahili Language; Grammar of Kinyarwanda; Comparative grammar of Bantu Languages, Grammar of Somali Language; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Sept.1993:

Research, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.

Aug.1996:

Research, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Sept.1996:

Participant of the preparation of the full NIRP-Research Prorosal "Language and Nationalism: A Study in a Multilingual Nation"(Code:96-60-11).Nairobi, Kenya.

1979

Rwanda Language. Moscow, p. 108. R

1984

Rwanda Language. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Moscow, , p. 109. R

1990

Modern Somali Language. Moscow, p. 116. R

1973

“Materials on Lexique of Languages Margi and Bura”. in (with T.E. Reutt): The Unwritten and Newly Written Languages of Africa. Moscow, pp. 83-174. R

1974

“System of Verbal Tenses in Rwanda Language”. in: Studies on Structure of Asian and African Languages. Moscow, pp. 10-25. R

1975

“On the Vowels and Supersegment Phonemes in the Rwanda Language”. in: Lexicology and Grammar of Eastern Languages. Moscow, pp. 111-123. R

1975

“Verbal Categories of Mood and Tense in the Rwanda Language”. in: Studies on Structure of Asian and African Languages. Moscow, pp. 31-52. R

1976

“Deixis Systems of Ganda and Rwanda Languages (towards the Typology of Demonstrative Pronouns in Bantu Languages”. in: Eastern Linguistics. Moscow, pp. 33-37. R

1979

“The Main Wordbuilding Means in Rwanda Language”. in: Eastern Linguistics. Moscow. R

1986

“Forms and Functions of the Article in Somali Language”. Moscow. R

1988

“Attributive Verbs as Special Word Class in Somali Language”. Moscow. R

1988

“Peculiarities of Noun’s Word Building in Somali Language”. Vienna,.

1989

“Rwanda Language”. Languages of the World. Encyclopedia. Moscow. R

1989

“Rundi Language”. Languages of the World. Encyclopedia. Moscow. R

1990

“Saharanian Languages”. in: Asian and African Languages. Series, Volume of African Languages (With Dr. Osnitskaya). Leningrad, pp. 80. R

1991

“Arabic Words in Somali Language and Types of its Conversion”. in: Irano-Afroasiatic Language Contacts. Moscow, pp. 30-38. R

1972

“Towards a Typology of Demonstrative Pronouns in Some Bantu Languages”. Abstracts of Conference of Young Researchers, Institute of Oriental Studies. Moscow. R

1984

“Main Patterns of Conversions of Arabic Loan-words to Somali Language”. in: Abstracts of 4th All-Union Conference of Africanists. Institute of African Studies, Academy of Sciences of USSR. Moscow. R

1986

“Structure and Function of the Article in Somali Language”. in; Abstracts of International Congress of Asian and African Studies. Vienna.

1988

“Attributive Verbs as a Special Words Class in Somali Language”. Abstracts of the VI Phonologietagung und III Morphologietagung, Krems, Austria.

1972

“Deixis Systems of Ganda and Rwanda Languages (towards the Typology of Some Demonstrative Pronouns in Bantu Languages). In: Abstracts of Conference of Young Researchers, Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow.

1973

“Phonemes System of Rwanda Language”. In: Abstracts of Conference of Young Researches, Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow.

1973

“On the Tone in Rwanda Language”. All-Union Conference of Young Orientalists, Tbilisi.

1975

“Systems of Indicative Verbal Forms in Rwanda Language”. First Science Conference of Oriental Department in African Studies. Leningrad.

1975

“Word Formation in Rwanda Language”. Science Conference of Young Orientalists, 30th Anniversary, Department of Oriental Studies. Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi.

1987

“Peculiarities of the Word Formation of Nouns in Somali Language”. Session of the Science Council on African Problems by the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences, “Language in Africa”. Moscow.

1988

“Imperative Forms and their Functions in Modern Somali Language”. Conference, “Functional-Typological Research in Grammar”, Imperativity. Imperative in languages of different structure. Leningrad.

1992

“Some Common Patterns of Derivation in African Languages of Different Families”. Twenty-third Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Michigan State University, Ann Arbor MI.

1993

“Language and Society in Africa”. Lecture presented at Teacher’s Seminar, Tel-Aviv University.

1994.

“Verbal Derivational Morphemes in Bantu Languages and in Hebrew: Some Parallels”. First World Congress of African Linguistics, University of Swaziland.

1995

“Language and Society in Africa: Characteristics, Processes (and Some Parallels with Israel?) Conference “Africa ‘95, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

1997

Kiswahili as a Language of education in Kenya and possibilities to use the Israelian experience with Hebrew, 27th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics, Leiden, Nederland.

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