1000 languages
Subtitle: the worldwide history of living and lost tongues
By: [edited by] Peter K. Austin.
Contributors: Austin, Peter.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780500514115
Subjects: Language and languages; Language and languages -- Origin; Linguistic geography
Other titles: One thousand languages; Thousand languages
Work titles: One thousand languages
Notes: American ed. published under title: One thousand languages. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-283) and index.
Table of contents: title: World languages; title: European languages; title: North and West African languages; title: Central, East, and Southern African languages; title: South Asian languages; title: Central, Western, and Northern Asian languages; title: East and South East Asian languages; title: Australia-Pacific languages; title: Languages of the Americas; title: Endangered languages; title: Extinct languages.