Dictionary of Languages The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages

Name: Dictionary of Languages The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages
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ISBN: 9780231115698

ISBN-10: 0231115695

ISBN-13: 9780231115698

Edition: 2014

Authors: Andrew Dalby

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Approximately how many languages compose the Bantu language group of central and southern Africa? What is the name of the language spoken in Hawaii by an estimated two thousand people? What Western European language is not known to be related to any other language family in the world -- and is considered by linguists to be one of the most difficult to learn? These are only a few of the questions language lovers, linguists, and lay readers will be able to answer with the Dictionary of Languages -- an easy-to-navigate, authoritative guide to the world's languages and language groups at the end of the twentieth century. Andrew Dalby had the needs and interests of general readers in mind when…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 3/10/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 800
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.53" long x 1.72" tall
Weight: 2.574
Language: English

Andrew Dalby is a historian and linguist, who has published a number of biographies of classical figures, including Homer, Bacchus and Venus. He has also written on the social history of languages and food history, including the acclaimed book Siren Feasts: a history of food and gastronomy in Greece (1996), which won the Runciman Prize, and has produced numerous academic papers.