This book is the third issue of the series "Languages ​ ​ of the World," which is published by the philological faculty of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. The works included in this series are designed primarily for philologists who do not speak these languages, but are already familiar with linguistic terminology, and should give general information about the studied language, its phonetics, grammar, vocabulary. Literary texts with comments and a dictionary will help to consolidate theoretical knowledge in practice. Texts are given without adaptation, with small abbreviations.