Compendium of the World's Languages
2nd Edition
Published on 13. July 2000
Book
Hardback
1896 pages
978-0-415-20298-5 (ISBN)
Description
Many languages, particularly those which have achieved literary status, have been studied and described in depth. Here, for the first time, is a general survey covering a wide spectrum of the world's languages - from all language families - is available in a single, scholarly source. The articles in the Compendium are arranged to encourage and allow comparative study - showing how each language has its own characteristic profile, and illustrating how it actually works.
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Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
2722 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-20298-5 (9780415202985)
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Compendium of the World's Languages
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George L. Campbell
Compendium of the World's Languages
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07/1991
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Person
George L. Campbell is a former BBC World Service Language Supervisor and Program Organizer in the Romanian, Portugese, Greek, Spanish and Turkish services.
Content
Languages include: Abkhaz, Afrikaans, Akan, Amharic, Andamanese, Apache, Arabic, Arapaho, Aymara, Balinese, Bambara, Basque, Bengali, Breton, Buginese, Bulgarian, Burushaski, Carib, Catalan, Cebuano, Cherokee, Chinese Archaic/Classical/Modern Standard, Choctaw, Chukchi, Dardic, Dutch, Egyptian, Evenki, Faeroese, Gorontalo, Greek, Guarani, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hopi, Inuit, Japanese Classical/Modern Standard, Javanese, Juang, Ket, Khmer, Khung, Korean, Kurdish, Lezgi, Lithuanian, Macassarese, Manchu, Manx, Maori, Mapudungu, Marathi, Margi, Maya, Nahuatl, Nama, Navaho, Nenets, Nepali, Old Norse, Oriya, Panjabi, Quechua, Romany, Russian, Santali, Sinhalese, Sumerian, Swahili, Tangut, Thai, Tlingit, Tongan, Tupi, Udmurt, Urdu, Uzbek, Veps, Wolof, Wu, Yi, Yoruba, Zapotecan, Zhuang and Zuni.