TY  - BOOK
AU  - Comrie,Bernard
AU  - Matthews,Stephen
AU  - Polinsky,Maria
TI  - The atlas of languages: the origin and development of languages throughout the world 
SN  - 0816051232
AV  - P107 .A87 2003
U1  - 400 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Facts On File
KW  - Language and languages
N1  - "A quarto book"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220) and index; Adult; Follett Library Resources
N2  - Surveys the language families and writing systems of the world through text, maps, photographs, and charts, looking at the forces that have affected the dissemination and development of language, and discussing the issue of disappearing languages
ER  -