The ancient languages of Asia and the Americas
By: edited by Roger D. Woodard.
Contributors: Woodard, Roger D.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780521684941
Subjects: Extinct languages -- Asia; Extinct languages -- America; Asia -- Languages; America -- Languages
Other titles: Cambridge encyclopedia of the world's ancient languages.
Notes: "One of five paperbacks derived from the Cambridge encyclopedia of the world's ancient languages"--P. x.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Languge in ancient Asia and the Americas : an introduction / Roger D. Woodard; title: Sanskrit / Stephanie W. Jamison; title: Middle Indic / Stephanie W. Jamison; title: Old Tamil / Sanford B. Steever; title: Old Persian / Rüdiger Schmitt; title: Avestan / Mark Hale; title: Pahlavi / Mark Hale; title: Ancient Chinese / Alain Peyraube; title: Mayan / Victoria R. Bricker; title: Epi-Olmec (Zapotec appendix) /  Terrence Kaufman and John Justeson; title: Appendix 1. Reconstructed ancient languages / Don Ringe; title: Appendix 2. Full tables of contents from The Cambridge encyclopedia of the world's ancient languages, and from the other volumes in the paperback series.