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Linguistics Research Guide
Research guide for courses and research projects in linguistics.
An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,909 known living languages.
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142 world maps and numerous regional maps - all in colour - display the geographical distribution of features of pronunciation and grammar, such as number of vowels, tone systems, gender, plurals, tense, word order, and body part terminology.