num_pages: 796
description: This book is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the native North American languages. These several hundred languages show tremendous genetic and typological diversity, and offer numerous challenges to current linguistic theory. The book includes an overview of their special characteristics, descriptions of special styles, a catalog of the languages that details their locations, genetic affiliations, number of speakers, and major structural features, and lists published material on them.
language: English
title: The Languages of Native North America
titlecomplete: The Languages of Native North America (Cambridge Language Surveys)
genres: Linguistics, Language, Reference
ratings_count: 34
series: Cambridge Language Surveys
publisher: Cambridge University Press