Dictionary of languages : the definitive reference to more than 400 languages /
From over five thousand languages currently spoken, 400 languages and language groups (the major languages of the 21st century) have been selected for entry. Their history, their geography and the way they interact, and where possible inclusion of the numerals from 1 to ten are provided for each lan...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2004.
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| Edition: | Rev. ed. |
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| Summary: | From over five thousand languages currently spoken, 400 languages and language groups (the major languages of the 21st century) have been selected for entry. Their history, their geography and the way they interact, and where possible inclusion of the numerals from 1 to ten are provided for each language. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in the United Kingdom in 1998 by Bloomsbury Publishing. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 734 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231115695 (pbk.) |