1: Classification of Languages
2: Classification of Writing Systems
3: Languages of Europe
4: Languages of Asia
5: Languages of Africa
6: Languages of Oceania
7: Native Languages of the Americas
8: Pidgins and Creoles
Appendices: Maps
General Bibliography
"The author succeeds in covering a broad range of important and
interesting information, and I am not aware of any other work that
could serve as an all-round textbook for a course on the Languages
of the World."--Bernard Comrie, University of Southern California,
author of The World's Major Languages
"...clearly exhibits the author's very considerable erudition in
several language areas."--Joseph Grimes, Cornell University
"Lyovin's work is ambitious and will be a valuable
resource."--Language in Society
"It offers a useful compendium of information, a survey of the
entire list of language families of the world, several descriptive
sketches of languages, and some excellent examples and exercises
for illustrative or class use....the quality of the text is
high...we should be grateful to the author for...providing this
text."--Language
"The author succeeds in covering a broad range of important and
interesting information, and I am not aware of any other work that
could serve as an all-round textbook for a course on the Languages
of the World."--Bernard Comrie, University of Southern California,
author of The World's Major Languages
"...clearly exhibits the author's very considerable erudition in
several language areas."--Joseph Grimes, Cornell University
"This is an awesome accomplishment...the thoroughness, depth,
precision, and clarity of the author's presentation makes it all
the more remarkable."--Allan Metcalf, MacMurray College
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