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The Languages of the World
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Funk & Wagnalls Co
Publication date April 1, 1975
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780308101203
ISBN-10 0308101200
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $15.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Presents brief descriptions of the world's language families and their major subdivisions and descriptions of the more important individual national, tribal, and minor languages, with sample texts and translations
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This concise reference source provides the reader with a wealth of information on the world's languages and the samples of native script give a fascinating insight into the structures of many unfamiliar and exotic languages. A revealing collection of passages are reproduced in the native scripts of 200 languages, with a discussion of the characteristics of each language.

Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780308101203 Book cover for 9780415250030
 
3 sub edition from Routledge (July 1, 2002)
9780415250030 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $155.00
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from Funk & Wagnalls Co (April 1, 1975)
9780308101203 | details & prices | List price $15.95
About: Presents brief descriptions of the world's language families and their major subdivisions and descriptions of the more important individual national, tribal, and minor languages, with sample texts and translations
Paperback
Book cover for 9780415118095 Book cover for 9780415250047
 
3 edition from Routledge (May 1, 2002)
9780415250047 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $65.95
About: Provides an overview of the languages of the world, examining the language families, as well as individual descriptions of two hundred languages with sample texts and their translations into English.
With Ranen Omer-Sherman | Revised edition from Routledge (January 1, 1995)
9780415118095 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $24.95
This edition also contains Imagining the Kibbutz: Visions of Utopia in Literature and Film
About: Presents brief descriptions of the world's language families and their major subdivisions, and the describes important individual, national, and tribal languages
Miscellaneous
3 edition from Routledge (May 3, 2002)
9780203430163 | details & prices | 400 pages | List price $55.95

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