Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us (The Language Library): 9

by Nicholas Evans (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2009

  $35.07

  The next century will see more than half of the world s 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores what humanity stands to lose as a result.