Valentin Feodosyevich Vydrin (also spelled Vydrine; ; born February 6, 1961, Belogorka, Leningrad Oblast)ÃÂ is a Russian Africanist. Until 2011, he was the head of the Department of Ethnography of African Peoples of the Kunstkamera, Professor, Doctor of Philology. He is a Graduate of the Department of African Studies of the Faculty of Eastern Studies of the Saint Petersburg State University, where he was later a lecturer. He is an author of numerous scientific works, published in Russian, French, and English, on the topic of Mande languages, including dictionaries and treatises on grammatical features.
Since 2010, he lectures in France, as a professor of Mande languages in the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales in Paris.
His daughter, Alexandra Vydrina (1988âÂÂ2021), also was a linguist.
Works
- Manding-English Dictionary (Maninka, Bamana). Vol. 1. St. Petersburg: Dimitry Bulanin Publishing House, 1999, 315 p.
- Mandé language family of West Africa: Location and genetic classification. SIL Electronic Survey Report. Dallas, SIL International. (with T.G. Bergman and Matthew Benjamin), 2000
- On the problem of the Proto-Mande homeland // ÃÂþÿÃÂþÃÂàÃÂ÷ÃÂúþòþóþ ÃÂþôÃÂÃÂòð â Journal of Language Relationship 1, 2009, pp. 107âÂÂ142.
- àþÿÃÂÃÂÃÂàâ ÃÂðÃÂÃÂø ÃÂõÃÂø ò ñðüðýð // âøÿþûþóøÃÂõÃÂúøõ þñþÃÂýþòðýøàò óÃÂðüüðÃÂøúõ: à70-ûõÃÂøàÿÃÂþÃÂ. ÃÂ¥ÃÂðúþòÃÂúþóþ ÃÂ. á. / ÃÂþô ÃÂõô. ÃÂ.àÃÂ.àÃÂþûþôøýð.àâ ÃÂ., 2004.
- ï÷ÃÂú ñðüðýð: ãÃÂõñýþõ ÿþÃÂþñøõ.àâ áÃÂñ.: áÃÂñÃÂã, 2008.
- äþýþûþóøÃÂõÃÂúøù ÃÂøÿ ø øüõýýðàüþÃÂÃÂþûþóøàÿÃÂð-üðýôõ.àâ áÃÂñ., 2001 (ôøÃÂÃÂ.).
- âþýðûÃÂýÃÂõ ÃÂøÃÂÃÂõüàÃÂ÷ÃÂúþò üðýôõ: ÃÂÃÂðÃÂúøù þñ÷þà// ÃÂþÿÃÂþÃÂàÃÂ÷ÃÂúþ÷ýðýøÃÂ.àâ 2003.àâ âÂÂà2.
- àÃÂõúþýÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂúÃÂøø ÃÂþýþûþóøÃÂõÃÂúþóþ ÃÂøÿð ø øüõýýþù üþÃÂÃÂþûþóøø ÿÃÂð-üðýôõ // Acta Linguistica Petropolitanaàâ âÃÂÃÂôàÃÂýÃÂÃÂøÃÂÃÂÃÂð ûøýóòøÃÂÃÂøÃÂõÃÂúøÃÂ
øÃÂÃÂûõôþòðýøù.àâ áÃÂñ: ÃÂðÃÂúð, 2006.àâ âþü 2, ç. 2.àâ á. 9-252.
- ÃÂÃÂôÃÂøý ÃÂ. ä., âþüÃÂøýð á. ÃÂ. ÃÂðýôõý-ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂúøù (üðýøýúð, ñðüðýð) ÃÂûþòðÃÂÃÂ.àâ áÃÂñ: ÃÂ÷ôðÃÂõûÃÂÃÂÃÂòþ ÃÂüøÃÂÃÂøù ÃÂÃÂûðýøý, 1999.àâ â. 1.
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