1000 Languages

Peter Austin

RRP: £19.95

Publisher: THAMES & HUDSON

Publication Date : 30/06/2008

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Subtitled "The Worldwide History Of Living & Lost Tongues". A linguistic guided world tour, looking in detail at the eleven global languages, before exploring the major languages of each region.

Publisher's description:

There are over 6,000 languages used around the world, and linguists estimate that by 2050 half of these will have become extinct. This book offers a linguistic guided world tour, looking in detail at the eleven global languages. It also explores the major languages of each region in turn.

ISBN: 9780500514115