Annual of Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics. Vol. 16 (Iberiul-kavkasiuri enatmetsnierebis tselitsdeuli), 1989. In Georgian, Russian, and English.

იბერიულ-კავკასიური ენათმეცნიერების წელიწდეული. ტ. 16.
Ежегодник иберийско-кавказского языкознания.
Annual of Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics.
საქართველოს სსრ მეცნიერებათა აკადემია.
თბილისი: მეცნიერება, 1989.
382 გვ. ტირაჟი 1000 ეგზ. რბილი ყდა.
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Annual of Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics. Vol. 16 (Iberiul-kavkasiuri enatmetsnierebis tselitsdeuli).
Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR.
Tbilisi: Metsniereba, 1989.
382 pp. Enlarged format. Edition of 1000 copies. Publisher's softcover.

This 1989 volume of the prestigious "Annual of Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics" represents one of the final major academic outputs of the Soviet-era Georgian Academy of Sciences in the field of regional philology. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the Ibero-Caucasian language family, including the arrangement of multilingual articles (in Georgian, Russian, and English) that explore the genetic and structural relationships between the Kartvelian, Abkhazo-Adyghean, and Nakho-Dagestanian languages. This 16th volume features rigorous research on comparative morphology, historical phonetics, and the lexicology of the Caucasian mountain languages, continuing the scholarly tradition established by Arnold Chikobava.  As a vital primary source, this volume documents the high-water mark of the Tbilisi school of linguistics, bridging the gap between traditional Caucasian studies and modern linguistic typology. The collection includes valuable data from field expeditions and deep etymological analyses that remain foundational for contemporary linguists. Published by the "Metsniereba" (Science) house in an enlarged format with a limited print run of only 1,000 copies, this softcover edition is a significant bibliographical rarity for Caucasiologists, linguists, and collectors of specialized scientific serials from the late 20th century.