Dictionary of Languages
The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages
1st Edition
Published on 28. October 2015
752 pages
978-1-4081-0214-5 (ISBN)
Description
Covering the political, social and historical background of each language, Dictionary of Languages offers a unique insight into human culture and communication. Every language with official status is included, as well as all those that have a written literature and 175 'minor' languages with special historical or anthropological interest. We see how, with the rapidly increasing uniformity of our culture as media's influence spreads, more languages have become extinct or are under threat of extinction. The text is highlighted by maps and charts of scripts, while proverbs, anecdotes and quotations reveal the features that make a language unique.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
yes
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-0214-5 (9781408102145)
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Andrew Dalby is a historian and linguist. His languages include Sanskrit, Pali, Latin, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, German, and Burmese. He is the author of several books.
He studied classics and linguistics at St John's College, Cambridge, and gained a PhD from London University.
He studied classics and linguistics at St John's College, Cambridge, and gained a PhD from London University.
Content
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- ABKHAZ AND ABAZA
- ACHEHNESE
- AFAR
- AFRIKAAN
- AFROASIATIC LANGUAGES
- AHOM
- AKAN
- AKKADIAN
- ALBANIAN
- ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES
- ALTAIC LANGUAGES
- AMERIND LANGUAGES
- AMHARIC
- ARABIC
- ARAMAIC AND SYRIAC
- ARAUCANIAN
- ARDHAMAGADHI
- ARMENIAN
- AROMUNIAN
- ASSAMESE
- AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGES
- AUSTROASIATIC LANGUAGES
- AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGES
- AUSTRO-TAI LANGUAGES
- AVAR
- AVESTAN
- AYMARA
- AZERI
- BAI
- BALINESE
- BALTIC LANGUAGES
- BALUCHI
- BANDA
- BANTU LANGUAGES
- BASHKIR
- BASQUE
- BATAK LANGUAGES
- BAULE
- BEJA
- BYELORUSSIAN
- BEMBA
- BENGALI
- BERBER LANGUAGES
- BHOJPURI
- BIKOL
- BlSLAMA
- BODO-GARO LANGUAGES
- BRAHUI
- BRETON
- BUGIS
- BULGARIAN
- BURMESE
- BUYI
- CATALAN
- CAUCASIAN LANGUAGES
- CEBUANO
- CELTIC LANGUAGES
- CHADIC LANGUAGES
- CHAM
- CHAMORRO
- CHECHEN
- CHEROKEE
- CHHATTISGARHI
- CHINESE
- CHOKWE
- CHUVASH
- CIRCASSIAN
- COPTIC
- CREE
- CRIOULO
- CUSHITIC LANGUAGES
- CZECH
- DANISH
- DARGWA
- DINKA
- DIOLA
- DIVEHI
- DOGRI
- DONG
- DRAVIDIAN LANGUAGES
- DUALA
- DUTCH
- DZONGKHA
- EDO
- EFIK AND IBIBIO
- EGYPTIAN
- ENGLISH
- ENGLISH CREOLES AND PIDGINS
- ESKIMO-ALEUT LANGUAGES
- ESTONIAN
- ETHIOPIC
- EWE AND FON
- EWONDO, BULU AND FANG
- FAROESE
- FIJIAN LANGUAGES
- FINNISH
- FORMOSAN LANGUAGES
- FRENCH
- FRENCH CREOLES
- FRISIAN
- FULANI
- GÃ
- GAELIC
- GALICIAN
- GANDA
- GARHWALI
- GBAYA
- GEORGIAN
- GERMAN
- GERMANIC LANGUAGES
- GILAKI
- GONDI
- GONGA LANGUAGES
- GOTHIC
- GREEK
- GUARANÍ
- GUJARATI
- GUSII
- HAITIEN
- HANI
- HAUSA
- HAWAIIAN
- HEBREW
- HILIGAYNON
- HINDI
- HIRI MOTU
- HITTITE
- HUNGARIAN
- IBAN
- ICELANDIC
- IGBO
- IJO AND KALABARI
- ILOCANO
- INDO-ARYAN LANGUAGES
- INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
- INUIT
- IRANIAN LANGUAGES
- IRISH
- ITALIAN
- JAMAICAN CREOLE
- JAPANESE
- JAVANESE
- JINGHPAW
- JUDEZMO
- KABYLE
- KADAI LANGUAGES
- KALENJIN
- KAMBA
- KAMTOK
- KANNADA
- KANURI
- KAREN LANGUAGES
- KASHMIRI
- KAZAKH
- KHASI
- KHMER
- KHOISAN LANGUAGES
- KHOTANESE
- KHOWAR
- KIKUYU
- KIRIBATI
- KITUBA
- KOMI
- KONGO
- KONKANI
- KOREAN
- KRIO
- KRU LANGUAGES
- KUKI-CHIN AND NAGA LANGUAGES
- KUMAUNI
- KUMYK
- KURDISH
- KURUKH
- KYRGYZ
- LAHU
- LAMPUNG
- LANNA THAI, KHÜN AND LÜ
- LAO
- LATIN
- LATVIAN
- LEZGHIAN
- LI
- LINGALA AND BANGALA
- LISU
- LITHUANIAN
- LOMWE
- LOZI
- LUBA
- LUNDA
- LUO LANGUAGES
- LURI
- LUVALE
- LUXEMBURGISH
- LUYIA
- MABA
- MACEDONIAN
- MADURESE
- MAGAHI
- MAGINDANAO
- MAITHILI
- MAKASAR
- MAKONDE
- MAKUA
- MALAGASY
- MALAY, INDONESIAN AND MALAYSIAN
- MALAYALAM
- MALTESE
- MANDEKAN
- MANIPURI
- MAORI
- MARATHI
- MARI
- MARSHALLESE
- MASAI
- MAYAN LANGUAGES
- MBUNDU
- MENDE
- MERU
- MIAO
- MINANGKABAU
- MINGRELIAN AND LAZ
- MIXTEC
- MON
- MONGOLIAN LANGUAGES
- MÕÕRE
- MORDVIN
- MOZARABIC
- MUNDARI
- MUONG
- NA-DENÉ LANGUAGES
- NAHUATL
- NAVAHO
- NAXI
- NDEBELE
- NEPALI
- NEWARI
- NIGER-CONGO LANGUAGES
- NILO-SAHARAN LANGUAGES
- NKORE
- NORWEGIAN
- NUBIAN LANGUAGES
- NUPE
- NYANJA
- OCCITAN
- OJIBWA
- OLD NORSE
- OLD SLAVONIC
- OMOTIC LANGUAGES
- ORIYA
- OROMO
- OSSETE
- PALAEOSIBERIAN LANGUAGES
- PALI
- PAMPANGAN
- PANGASINAN
- PANJABI
- PAPIAMENTU
- PAPUAN LANGUAGES
- PASHTO
- PERSIAN, DARI AND TAJIK
- POLISH
- PORTUGUESE
- QUECHUA
- QUICHÉ
- RAJASTHANI
- REJANG
- RIFIA
- ROMANCE LANGUAGES
- ROMANI
- ROMANIAN
- ROMANSCH
- RUNDI, RWANDA AND HA
- RUSSIAN
- SAMI
- SAMOAN
- SAMOYEDIC LANGUAGES
- SANGO
- SANSKRIT
- SANTALI
- SARA
- SARDINIAN
- SASAK
- SEMITIC LANGUAGES
- SENA
- SERBIAN, CROATIAN AND BOSNIAN
- SEYCHELLOIS
- SHAN
- SHONA
- SINDHI
- SINHALA
- SINO-TIBETAN LANGUAGES
- SIRAIKI
- SLAVONIC LANGUAGES
- SLOVAK
- SLOVENE
- SOGBIAN
- SOMALI
- SONGHAY
- SONINKE
- SORBIAN
- SOTHO
- SPANISH
- SUKUMA
- SUMERIAN
- SUNDANESE
- SUSU
- SWAHILI
- SWAZI
- SWEDISH
- TAGALOG
- TAHITIAN
- TAI LANGUAGES
- TAMASHEQ
- TAMAZIGHT
- TAMIL
- TANGUT
- TASHELHET
- TATAR
- TELUGU
- TEMNE
- TERNATE
- TESO
- THAI
- THO
- TIBETAN
- TIGRINYA
- TIV
- TOCHARIAN LANGUAGES
- TOK PISIN
- TONGA
- TONGAN
- TSONGA
- TSWANA
- TULU
- TUMBUKA
- TUNGUSIC LANGUAGES
- TUPÍ
- TURKANA
- TURKIC LANGUAGES
- TURKISH
- TURKMEN
- UDMURT
- UIGHUR
- UKRAINIAN
- URALIC LANGUAGES
- URDU
- UZBEK
- VENDA
- VIETNAMESE
- WA
- WARAY-WARAY
- WELSH
- WOLAYTTA
- WOLOF
- XHOSA
- YAKUT
- YAO (AFRICA)
- YAO LANGUAGES
- YI
- YIDDISH
- YORUBA
- YUCATEC
- ZANDE
- ZAPOTEC
- ZHUANG
- ZULU
- Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgements
