The atlas of languages : the origin and development of languages throughout the world / consultant editors, Bernard Comrie, Stephen Matthews, and Maria Polinsky ; foreword by Jean Aitchison.
Material type: TextSeries: Facts on File library of language and literaturePublication details: New York : Facts On File, c2003.Edition: Rev. edDescription: 224 p. : ill. (mostly col.), col. maps, music ; 31 cmISBN:- 0816051232
- 400 21
- P107 .A87 2003
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"A quarto book"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220) and index.
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.
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