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Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury PublishingISBN-13:9781639732586ISBN-10:1639732586UPC:9781639732586Book Category:History, Language Arts & Disciplines, ScienceBook Subcategory:Civilization, Linguistics, Life SciencesBook Topic:Historical & Comparative, Genetics & GenomicsSize:9.20 x 6.20 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCPCATJZMD
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
The enthralling story of how today's largest language family, spoken by nearly half the world's population, descended from one ancient dialect.
Daughter. Duhit?r-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history's most unlikely journeys. All four languages-along with hundreds of others, from French...Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury PublishingISBN-13:9781639732586ISBN-10:1639732586UPC:9781639732586Book Category:History, Language Arts & Disciplines, ScienceBook Subcategory:Civilization, Linguistics, Life SciencesBook Topic:Historical & Comparative, Genetics & GenomicsSize:9.20 x 6.20 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCPCATJZMD
Laura Spinney is the author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World, which has been translated into more than a dozen languages, and two novels. Her science writing has appeared in The Atlantic, National Geographic, Nature, The Economist, The Guardian, and elsewhere. She lives in Paris.
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