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The World's Major Languages
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780195205213 Book cover for 9780415045162 Book cover for 9780415353397 Book cover for 9781138169937
 
from Routledge (November 24, 2015)
9781138169937 | details & prices | 912 pages | List price $165.00
About: This volume features over fifty of the world's languages and language families.
2 edition from Routledge (January 15, 2009)
9780415353397 | details & prices | 911 pages | 7.00 × 9.75 × 0.25 in. | 3.85 lbs | List price $240.00
from Oxford Univ Pr (May 28, 1987)
9780195205213 | details & prices | 976 pages | List price $89.00
About: Ranging from English, French, Spanish, and Russian, to Pashto, Tagalog, and Swahili, this comprehensive reference work provides a detailed guide to the world's forty major languages.
1 new edition from Routledge (March 26, 1987)
9780415045162 | details & prices | 1040 pages | List price $500.00
About: This now classic description of the world's major languages and language families covers historical development, grammar, sound system, writing system and sociological factors.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780195065114 Book cover for 9780415513258 Book cover for 9780415609029 Book cover for 9780415860147
 
2 revised edition from Routledge (May 22, 2013)
9780415860147 | details & prices | 928 pages | List price $44.95
Reprint edition from Routledge (June 20, 2012)
9780415513258 | details & prices | 1025 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 2.50 in. | 3.70 lbs | List price $46.00
2 edition from Routledge (February 18, 2011)
9780415609029 | details & prices | 911 pages | 7.00 × 10.00 × 2.25 in. | 3.60 lbs | List price $92.95
Reprint edition from Oxford Univ Pr (June 28, 1990)
9780195065114 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.50 × 2.00 in. | 3.10 lbs | List price $55.00
About: Ranging from English, French, Spanish, and Russian, to Pashto, Tagalog, and Swahili, this comprehensive reference work provides a detailed guide to the world's forty major languages.
Miscellaneous
2 edition from Routledge (November 28, 2008)
9780203301524 | details & prices | 928 pages | List price $200.00
from Routledge (September 1, 2003)
9780203214961 | details & prices | 1040 pages | List price $225.00