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Dictionary of Languages
The Definitive Reference to More than 400 Languages
by Andrew Dalby
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This edition was published in March 2004 by Columbia University Press
Written in English
— 800 pages
"More than 400 living and extinct languages are detailed in this information-packed reference. Each article covers the political, social, and historical background of the language by stating the number of speakers; the countries where it is spoken; how many dialects it spawned; its origins, characteristics, and examples of both words and the alphabet; and pronunciations. Anecdotes, literary quotations, and charts of script and numerals appear in sidebars to illustrate the cultures connected to the languages. This is an essential guide to the languages of the world."----"Outstanding reference sources 2000", American Libraries, May 2000. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.
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Dictionary of Languages
January 3, 2005, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More than 400 Languages
March 2004, Columbia University Press
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Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages
September 1999, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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Dictionary of languages: the definitive reference to more than 400 languages
1998, Columbia University Press
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Dictionary of languages: the definitive reference to more than 400 languages
1998, Bloomsbury
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Dictionary of languages: the definitive reference to more than 400 languages
1998, Columbia University Press
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Dictionary of Languages
the definitive reference to more than 400 languages
First published in 1998
Subjects
Linguistics, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Language and languages, Language and languages, dictionaries, Dictionaries, polyglotWork Description
"More than 400 living and extinct languages are detailed in this information-packed reference. Each article covers the political, social, and historical background of the language by stating the number of speakers; the countries where it is spoken; how many dialects it spawned; its origins, characteristics, and examples of both words and the alphabet; and pronunciations. Anecdotes, literary quotations, and charts of script and numerals appear in sidebars to illustrate the cultures connected to the languages. This is an essential guide to the languages of the world."----"Outstanding reference sources 2000", American Libraries, May 2000. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.
Classifications
Library of Congress | P371 .D35 1998 |
Dewey | 403 |
Dictionary of Languages
The Definitive Reference to More than 400 Languages
This edition was published in March 2004 by Columbia University Press
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