This third edition of Kenneth Katzner's best-selling guide to languages is essential reading for language enthusiasts everywhere. Written with the non-specialist in mind, its user-friendly style and layout, delightful original passages, and exotic scripts, will continue to fascinate the reader. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to include more languages, more countries, and up-to-date data on populations. Features include: *information on nearly 600 languages *individual descriptions of 200 languages, with sample passages and English translations *concise notes on where each language is spoken, its history, alphabet and pronunciation *coverage of every country in the world, its main language and speaker numbers *an introduction to language families

This major new edition offers more than 480 pages of definitions, and covers all word needed for everyday use in Pashto. Also included are cultural notes, providing information about the Pushtoon people.

"Current printing in July, 2009 by Ishi Press in New York and Tokyo."--t.p. verso.