Description
Presents brief descriptions of the world's language families and their major subdivisions, and the describes important individual, national, and tribal languages
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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.
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