Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Words, words, words…
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations used in the glosses
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Indo-European languages
- 3 Non-Indo-European languages of Europe and India
- 4 Languages of the Caucasus
- 5 Languages of Northern Africa, Middle East and Central Asia
- 6 Languages of sub-Saharan Africa
- 7 Languages of eastern Asia
- 8 Languages of the South Sea Islands
- 9 Aboriginal languages of Australia and Papua New Guinea
- 10 Native languages of the Americas
- 11 Macro families
- 12 Pidgins, creoles and other mixed languages
- Glossary
- References
- Index of languages
- Index of terms
Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Words, words, words…
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations used in the glosses
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Indo-European languages
- 3 Non-Indo-European languages of Europe and India
- 4 Languages of the Caucasus
- 5 Languages of Northern Africa, Middle East and Central Asia
- 6 Languages of sub-Saharan Africa
- 7 Languages of eastern Asia
- 8 Languages of the South Sea Islands
- 9 Aboriginal languages of Australia and Papua New Guinea
- 10 Native languages of the Americas
- 11 Macro families
- 12 Pidgins, creoles and other mixed languages
- Glossary
- References
- Index of languages
- Index of terms
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Languages of the WorldAn Introduction, pp. i - vPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012