The Languages of the WorldThis third edition of Kenneth Katzner's best-selling guide to languages is essential reading for language enthusiasts everywhere. Written with the non-specialist in mind, its user-friendly style and layout, delightful original passages, and exotic scripts, will continue to fascinate the reader. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to include more languages, more countries, and up-to-date data on populations. Features include: *information on nearly 600 languages *individual descriptions of 200 languages, with sample passages and English translations *concise notes on where each language is spoken, its history, alphabet and pronunciation *coverage of every country in the world, its main language and speaker numbers *an introduction to language families |
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Comentariu Utilizator - MsMixte - LibraryThingNot a lot of in-depth analysis of the languages presented, but a wonderful opportunity to see how the various languages LOOK. Need to know what Nakhi looks like? Urdu? Is it Swedish or Danish? It's in here... Citește recenzia completă
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Comentariu Utilizator - Ludi_Ling - LibraryThingA nice book as a quick guide of all the modern languages of the world - I especially liked that it included the standard scripts used for writing each language, as well as a passage written in that ... Citește recenzia completă
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Informații bibliografice
| Titlu | The Languages of the World |
| Autor | Kenneth Katzner |
| Ediție | 3, revizuită |
| Editor | Taylor & Francis, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0203430166, 9780203430163 |
| Lungime | 400 pagini |
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