Comprehensive work on the world's known living languages. Information on speaker population, countries and regions where particular languages are spoken, statistical summaries, maps & bibliographies
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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The Languages of the World by 