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William Bright

American linguist (1928–2006)

Born	1928
Died	2006

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One Thousand California Place Names: The Story Behind the Naming of Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Capes, Bays, Counties and Cities, Third Revised edition

by Erwin Gustav Gudde and William Bright
First published in 1947 — 22 editions
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The collected works of Edward Sapir

by Edward Sapir, Philip Sapir, and William Bright First published in 1900 — 21 editions
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The ethno-botany of the Coahuilla Indians of Southern California ...

by David Prescott Barrows, Harry W. Lawton, Lowell J. Bean, and William Bright
First published in 1900 — 11 editions
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The Urdu writing system

by William Bright First published in 1958 — 5 editions
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American Indian linguistics and literature

by William Bright First published in 1984 — 3 editions

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Southern Paiute and Ute: linguistics and ethnography

by Edward Sapir and William Bright First published in 1992 — 3 editions

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Wishram texts and ethnography

by Edward Sapir and William Bright First published in 1990 — 2 editions

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The Karok language.

by William Bright First published in 1957 — 2 editions
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Linguistics in North America

by William Bright First published in 1973 — 2 editions

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Colorado place names

by William Bright
First published in 1993 — 2 editions
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A coyote reader

by William Bright
First published in 1993 — 2 editions

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The world's writing systems

by William Bright and Peter T. Daniels First published in 1996 — 2 editions
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Native American placenames of the United States

by William Bright First published in 2004 — 2 editions

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Studies in Californian linguistics

by William Bright First published in 1964 — 1 edition

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Animals of acculturation in the California Indian languages.

by William Bright First published in 1960 — 1 edition

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An outline of colloquial Kannada

by William Bright First published in 1958 — 1 edition

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Bibliography of the languages of native California: including closely related languages of adjacent areas

by William Bright First published in 1982 — 1 edition

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Language variation in South Asia

by William Bright First published in 1990 — 1 edition

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A Luiseño dictionary.

by William Bright First published in 1968 — 1 edition

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Discovered tongues: poems by linguists

by William Bright First published in 1983 — 1 edition

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American linguist (1928–2006)

Born	1928
Died	2006

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OLID: OL12120A
GoodReads: 351
ISNI: 0000000356373706
Library of Congress Names: n50041430
VIAF: 187783483
Wikidata: Q8005925
Inventaire.io: wd:Q8005925

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William Oliver Bright
William 1928-2006 Bright
Bright, William

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