{"product_id":"the-atlas-of-unusual-languages-discover-intriguing-linguistic-oddities-and-language-islands-9780008469597","title":"The Atlas of Unusual Languages: Discover Intriguing Linguistic Oddities and Language Islands","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Zoran Nikolic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Collins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Collins\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Human Geography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe communicate through the spoken and written word and language has evolved over the centuries. Many languages have survived although only in small pockets throughout the world. This book explores a selection of those languages and some that have now been lost forever. Selection of languages included; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ISLANDS OF LANGUAGE ISOLATES \u003cbr\u003e - Basque language, Spain\/France \u003cbr\u003e - Ainu, Japan\/Russia \u003cbr\u003e - Burushaski, Pakistan \u003cbr\u003e - Huave language, Mexico \u003cbr\u003e INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE ISLANDS \u003cbr\u003e - u er-Sandevo; Selemlija, N. Macedoniae \u003cbr\u003e - Trinidadian French Creole, Trinidad \u0026amp; Tobago \u003cbr\u003e - Y Wladfa, a Welsh colony in Argentina \u003cbr\u003e - Cornish language \u003cbr\u003e - Vakifli, Turkey \u003cbr\u003e - Bolze language of Switzerland \u003cbr\u003e NON-IE LANGUAGE ISLANDS IN EUROPE \u003cbr\u003e - Ugric languages \u003cbr\u003e - Gagauz language \u003cbr\u003e - Kalmyk Oirat language \u003cbr\u003e LANGUAGE ISLANDS AROUND THE WORLD \u003cbr\u003e - Yele language, Rossel Island, Papua New Guinea \u003cbr\u003e - Formosan languages \u003cbr\u003e - Kumzari language, Oman \u003cbr\u003e \"WEIRD\" LANGUAGES \u003cbr\u003e - Polari language, UK \u003cbr\u003e - Shelta traveller language of Ireland \u003cbr\u003e EXTINCT LANGUAGE ISLANDS \u003cbr\u003e - Sumerian language \u003cbr\u003e - Potato Germans in Denmark \u003cbr\u003e - Crimean Gothic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These and many more instances are captured in this fascinating book full of strange language intrigue.","brand":"Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45046213836951,"sku":"9780008469597","price":1237.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780008469597.webp?v=1769217796","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-atlas-of-unusual-languages-discover-intriguing-linguistic-oddities-and-language-islands-9780008469597","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}