The Atlas of Unusual Languages

An Exploration of Language, People and Geography

Zoran Nikolic, Collins Books

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HARPER360
16 September 2022

Language: history & general works; linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Language acquisition; Bilingualism & multilingualism; Dialect, slang & jargon

The ideal gift for anyone interested in language, geography and people.

We communicate through the spoken and written word and language has evolved over the centuries. Many languages have survived although only in small pockets throughout the world. This book explores a selection of those languages.

Did you know that some people believe that the speakers of Burushaski, the language of a distant valley below the Himalayas, are actually the descendants of the soldiers of Alexander the Great? And that, even though the Venetian language is not official in Venice, it is spoken in several locations in Latin America?

From ‘language isolates’ such as Basque, spoken in Spain and France, and Ainu in Japan and Russia, to language islands including a Welsh speaking colony in Argentina–discover how geography shapes communication and societies.

What can we learn from the existence of Gutnish, a dialect of the extinct Eastern Germanic Gothic, on several islands of the Baltic Sea? And how widely spoken is Cornish? These and many more intriguing linguistic questions are answered in this absorbing exploration of lesser known languages.

By: Zoran Nikolic, Collins Books
Imprint: HARPER360
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 570g
ISBN: 9780008469597
ISBN 10: 0008469598
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 16 September 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in an area of constant political change in what was once Yugoslavia and is now Serbia. Zoran Nikolic saw the impact political change had on people's daily lives. This interest in geography extended outside Eastern Europe and became a lifetime fascination with borders and political geography.