The Languages of the World

Kenneth Katzner, Kirk Miller

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Routledge
21 March 2002

linguistics; Reference works

This Third Edition of Kenneth Katzner's best-selling guide to languages is essential reading for language enthusiasts everywhere. Written with the non-specialist in mind, its user-friendly style and layout, delightful original passages and exotic scripts will continue to fascinate reader. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to include more languages, more countries and up-to-date data on populations. Features include: information on nearly 600 languages individual descriptions of 200 languages, with sample passages and English translations concise notes on where each language is spoken, its history, alphabet and pronunciation coverage of every country in the world, its main language and speaker numbers English borrowings from other languages an introduction to language families

By: Kenneth Katzner, Kirk Miller
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 703g
ISBN: 9780415250030
ISBN 10: 041525003X
Pages: 390
Publication Date: 21 March 2002
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Replaced By: 9781138240063
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Prior to his recent retirement, Kenneth Katzner worked for the US government and also served as an editor on a number of international encyclopedias and English dictionaries. He is also author of a large English-Russian/Russian-English Dictionary.

Reviews for The Languages of the World

Concise facts and figures on the main families of the world's many thousands of languages are followed by short extracts from 200 of those most widely used. The passages, accompanied by notes on each language's main characteristics, range from 'the verses of Vermana', written in the decorative script of Telugu, a language of the state of Andhra Pradesh in southeast India, to part of the Sermon on the Mount in Esperanto. The result is a wholly fascinating mini-kaleidoscope indicating the largely diverse variety of the world's main languages and their scripts and of their cultures. (Kirkus UK)