Concise Compendium of the World's Languages Book

From Afrikaans to Zulu, almost 100 languages from the comprehensive Compendium of the World's Languages are featured in this new concise version. The emphasis is on the world's major languages: those with over one million speakers.The Concise Compendium presents a detailed comparative study of the major and many of the lesser known languages of the world. Included are representatives of all language families, with samples of Amerindian, such as Navajo; of African languages, such as Fulani and Nama; of languages of politically independent groups in the former USSR, such as Uzbek and Belorussian; those of political pressure groups, such as Breton and Catalan; and of significant community/ethnic languages, including Amharic and Vietnamese.The articles are ordered alphabetically and each has a standardized structure for easy reference use: a general historical and sociolinguistic introduction, the writing system, the sound system and the grammatical system.Read More