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Florian Coulmas. The Writing Systems of the World. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 1991. Pp. x + 302. US$42.95 (hardcover), $19.95 (softcover).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

P.G. Patel
P.G. Patel*
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University of Ottawa
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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , March 1994 , pp. 71 - 74
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1994

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