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Polish
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This book looks at words for different family members in Polish. Main text on each page is provided only in Polish, with simple, labeled photographs providing support. A "dictionary" spread at the end of the book features all the vocabulary words in both Polish and English, and also includes a pronunciation guide.
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Español
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This book looks at words for different family members in Spanish. Main text on each page is provided only in Spanish, with simple, labeled photographs providing support. A "dictionary" spread at the end of the book features all the vocabulary words in both Spanish and English, and also includes a pronunciation guide.
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Italiano
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This book looks at words for different family members in Italian. Main text on each page is provided only in Italian, with simple, labeled photographs providing support. A "dictionary" spread at the end of the book features all the vocabulary words in both Italian and English, and also includes a pronunciation guide.
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Deutsch
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This book looks at words for different family members in German. Main text on each page is provided only in German, with simple, labeled photographs providing support. A "dictionary" spread at the end of the book features all the vocabulary words in both German and English, and also includes a pronunciation guide.
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Language Families of the World volume 33
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English
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The idiosyncrasies that show up in DNA allow us to trace back to common ancestors, much like language traits allow us to chart language-family relationships. Take a look at the concept of glottochronology and see what linguistic theories have been confirmed by genetics in places like Europe, India, and Polynesia.
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Language Families of the World volume 5
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English
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Shift from Indo-European to some of the most endangered languages in the world: the "click" languages, formally known as Khoisan. Spoken in southern Africa, these endangered languages share a distinctive profile, and yet likely did not all come from a single family. Explore where they may have begun and how they work.
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Language Families of the World volume 31
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English
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The line between different language families is often blurred. Languages from different families that have been brought together can create a hybrid that belongs to both, and every combination happens in different ways and to varying degrees. Look at several examples of this phenomenon (which even includes English).
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Language Families of the World volume 10
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English
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Afro-Asiatic languages are prevalent in the north of the African continent, and Niger-Congo in the south, with a narrow band of a third family running between: Nilo-Saharan. The Nilo-Saharan languages are immensely different from each other, so how do linguists know they are related? Examine the unique features of this family.
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Language Families of the World volume 12
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English
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How do linguists establish connections between languages and determine their common roots when it is nearly impossible to see a language change in real time? Take a look at the languages of Polynesia to see how changes can be followed backwards to reveal connections between different languages, then turn to the Indo-European and Uralic families.
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Language Families of the World volume 8
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English
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Follow the migration of peoples from Africa to the Middle East by looking at the language family that developed in the Fertile Crescent: Afro-Asiatic. This first look at this family focuses on the widely known Semitic branch, which includes Arabic and Hebrew. Examine what defines this group of languages and uncover the roots of the first alphabets.
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Language Families of the World volume 16
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English
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Are Japanese and Korean part of the Altaic family? They share some features of the other Altaic languages, yet some linguists believe they are separate. Take a brief foray through the fascinating Japanese writing system as you look deeper into the language. Then, turn to Korean, comparing and contrasting it with Japanese and other Asian languages.
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Language Families of the World volume 4
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English
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One-fifth to one-sixth of the world speaks one of the Indo-European languages of India. Trace back to the branching of the Indo-European tree, when the European languages split from the Indo-Aryan varieties like Sanskrit that would become Hindi and others. Explore many variations that evolved and see why it can be so difficult to differentiate between a language and a dialect.
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Language Families of the World volume 2
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English
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While the Indo-European family of languages was not the first group to be identified as related, it is the family that has received much of the research and classification that became the basis of modern linguistics. Uncover what defines Indo-European languages, which include Latin, English, French, Armenian, Latvian, Sanskrit, and many more.
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Language Families of the World volume 29
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English
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Continue your journey through the languages of North America, including a language that uses no sounds that require the lips to touch. As you look at the unique grammatical features of languages across the continent, you'll also consider what happens when languages die out and their complexities are lost to future generations.
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Language Families of the World volume 26
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English
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Continue your examination of the languages of Australia, including the first Australian language to be documented by Europeans. Many of these languages present a case study in language obsolescence (as English dominates the continent) and language mixture (the emergence of creole languages due to European contact).
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Language Families of the World volume 19
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English
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How can languages that have very different origins still seem to be structurally related? To find out, look at the concept of a Sprachbrund and understand why contact is just as influential as origin when it comes to resemblances between otherwise unrelated languages (in this case, the influence of Chinese on other Asian languages).
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Language Families of the World volume 30
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English
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Follow Native American migrations to encounter the language families that moved south to take root in Central and South America. From a language variety that incorporates whistling to some with object-subject-verb word order (and even one that resulted from a mass kidnapping), you'll experience a range of fascinating linguistic developments.
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Language Families of the World volume 11
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English
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Meet the other family of languages in Europe: Uralic, which includes Estonian, Finnish, and Hungarian. Eccentric and tidy at the same time, this family stretches across the north of Europe and into Russia and parts of Asia. See why Turkish was once thought to be part of this family and how Uralic languages differ from Indo-European and others.