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The Languages of the World, Third Edition
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The Languages of the World
‘All will delight in the extensive linguistic buffet presented in The Languages
of the World ’. Times Literary Supplement review of the first edition
This, the Third Edition of Kenneth Katzner’s best-selling guide to the world’s
languages, is essential reading for linguists and language students. It will also
fascinate anyone interested in the origin and interrelationship of languages,
in alphabets, writing systems, small ethnic groups, or linguistic minorities.
It has been thoroughly revised and updated to include more languages, more
countries, new extracts, and up-to-date information on populations and the
numbers of people speaking each language.
Features include:
• nearly 600 languages identified as to where they are spoken and the
family to which they belong
• over 200 languages individually described, with sample passages and
English translation
• fascinating insights into the history and development of individual
languages and useful information about the alphabet, pronunciation, and
vocabulary
• a listing of every country in the world, showing its principal languages
and the number of speakers of each
• a description of each of the world’s language families
Written specifically for the non-specialist and avoiding technical linguistic
terms, The Languages of the World is an indispensable handbook on the
subject of languages, peoples, and language families. Its user-friendly style
and layout, delightful original passages, and exotic scripts will now delight
a new generation.
Prior to his recent retirement, Kenneth Katzner worked for the US govern-
ment and also served as an editor on a number of international encyclopedias
and English dictionaries. He has authored a large English–Russian/
Russian–English dictionary.
 
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The Languages
of the World
Third Edition
Kenneth Katzner
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London and New York
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First published in 1977, revised edition 1986 by Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 2002
by Routledge
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
New Edition 1995
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.
© 1977, 1986, 1995, 2002 Kenneth Katzner
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or
reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical,
or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including
photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or
retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book has been requested
ISBN 0–415–25003–X (hbk)
ISBN 0–415–25004–8 (pbk)
ISBN 0-203-43016-6 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-73840-3 (Glassbook Format)
 

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