batch_1778744010 20260514103330000 National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Encyclopedic Research esu@esu.com.ua National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Encyclopedic Research Entsyklopedychnyi visnyk Ukrainy [The Encyclopedia Herald of Ukraine] Entsykl. visn. Ukr. 2706-9990 2707-000X 2009 1 Ievheniia Karpilovska Institute of Ukrainian Language, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1921-9021 Mykhailo Ziabliuk Mykola Bazhan Ukrainian Encyclopedia State Specialized Publisher (Kyiv, Ukraine) Article acquaints with the structure and basic principles of compiling the encyclopedia "Ukrainian language" – the first specialized code of data about Ukrainian language and linguistics in the world. By the example of articles from mentioned encyclopedia basic features of this type editions are shown: 1) system character (cyclicity) of basic knowledge and 2) its teaching, educational character. Special attention is given to the cycles of articles new to language encyclopedias, personnels, and also to the combination of text with the series of illustrations 2009 47 53 10.37068/evu.1.7 https://evu.encyclopedia.kyiv.ua/article/8 https://evu.encyclopedia.kyiv.ua/doi/10.37068/evu.1.7.pdf