The World's Major Languages_0415353394.pdf

The World

s Major Languages

’

s Major

Languages

’

Second Edition

Edited by

Bernard Comrie

The World

First edition published in 1987 by Croom Helm

Reprinted with revisions and additions in 1989 by Routledge

Second edition published in 2009 by Routledge

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ISBN 0-203-30152-8 Master e-book ISBN

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