
- 416 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Atlas of the World's Languages
About this book
Before the first appearance of the Atlas of the World's Languages in 1993, all the world's languages had never been accurately and completely mapped. The Atlas depicts the location of every known living language, including languages on the point of extinction.
This fully revised edition of the Atlas offers:
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- up-to-date research, some from fieldwork in early 2006
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- a general linguistic history of each section
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- an overview of the genetic relations of the languages in each section
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- statistical and sociolinguistic information
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- a large number of new or completely updated maps
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- further reading and a bibliography for each section
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- a cross-referenced language index of over 6, 000 languages.
Presenting contributions from international scholars, covering over 6, 000 languages and containing over 150 full-colour maps, the Atlas of the World's Languages is the definitive reference resource for every linguistic and reference library.
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Yes, you can access Atlas of the World's Languages by R.E. Asher,Christopher Moseley in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Languages. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of maps
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Bibliographic abbreviations
- Other abbreviations
- Introduction
- Section 1: North America
- Section 2: Meso-America
- Section 3: South America
- Section 4: Australasia and the Pacific
- Section 5: East and South-East Asia
- Section 6: Southern Asia: from Iran to Bangladesh
- Section 7: Northern Asia and Eastern Europe
- Section 8: Western Europe
- Section 9: The Middle East and North Africa
- Section 10: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Language index
- General index
- back endpaper