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001 98087178
003 DLC
005 20010112073954.0
008 980723s1998 nyuab bd 001 0 eng d
010 $a 98087178
020 $a0231115687
035 $a(OCoLC)40935565
040 $aIaEpD$cIaEpD$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aP371$b.D35 1998
082 00 $a403$221
100 1 $aDalby, Andrew,$d1947-
245 10 $aDictionary of languages :$bthe definitive reference to more than 400 languages /$cAndrew Dalby.
260 $aNew York :$bColumbia University Press,$c1998.
300 $axvi, 734 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 1 $a"More than 400 living and extinct languages are detailed in this information-packed reference. Each article covers the political, social, and historical background of the language by stating the number of speakers; the countries where it is spoken; how many dialects it spawned; its origins, characteristics, and examples of both words and the alphabet; and pronunciations. Anecdotes, literary quotations, and charts of script and numerals appear in sidebars to illustrate the cultures connected to the languages. This is an essential guide to the languages of the world."----"Outstanding reference sources 2000", American Libraries, May 2000. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.
650 0 $aLanguage and languages$vDictionaries.