Collins Books - The Atlas Of Unusual Languages An Exploration Of Language People And Geography - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The ideal gift for anyone interested in language geography and people. We communicate through the spoken and written word and language has evolved over the centuries. Many languages have survived although only in small pockets throughout the world. This book explores a selection of those languages. Did you know that some people believe that the speakers of Burushaski the language of a distant valley below the Himalayas are actually the descendants of the soldiers of Alexander the Great? And that even though the Venetian language is not official in Venice it is spoken in several locations in Latin America? From language isolates such as Basque spoken in Spain and France and Ainu in Japan and Russia to language islands including a Welsh speaking colony in Argentina discover how geography shapes communication and societies. What can we learn from the existence of Gutnish a dialect of the extinct Eastern Germanic Gothic on several islands of the Baltic Sea? And how widely spoken is Cornish? These and many more intriguing linguistic questions are answered in this absorbing exploration of lesser known languages.
Title: The Atlas Of Unusual Languages An Exploration Of Language People And Geography
Author(s): Collins Books
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Barcode: 9780008469597
Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Date: 2/1/2022
Category: Political Geography