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List of Tables; List of Figures; Symbols and Abbreviations; 1 Classification of Languages; 1.1 Genetic classification; 1.2 Typological classification of languages; 1.3 Exercises; 1.4 Suggested readings; 2 Classification of Writing Systems; 2.1 Typological classification of writing systems; 2.2 Genetic classification of writing systems; 2.3 Exercises; 2.4 Suggested readings; 3 Europe; 3.1 Indo-European; 3.2 Uralic; 3.3 Caucasus area; 3.4 Basque; 3.5 Sketch of Russian; 3.6 Sketch of Finnish; 3.7 Exercises; 3.8 Suggested readings; 4 Asia; 4.1 Altaic area; 4.2 Paleosiberian area; 4.3 Sino-Tibetan; 4.4 Hmong-Mien; 4.5 Tai-Kadai; 4.6 Austroasiatic; 4.7 Dravidian; 4.8 Burushaski; 4.9 Other languages in Asia; 4.10 Sketch of Mandarin Chinese; 4.11 Sketch of Classical Tibetan; 4.12 Exercises; 4.13 Suggested readings; 5 Africa; 5.1 Afro-Asiatic; 5.2 Nilo-Saharan; 5.3 Niger-Congo; 5.4 Khoisan area; 5.5 Other languages in Africa; 5.6 Sketch of Modern Standard Arabic; 5.7 Sketch of Swahili; 5.8 Exercises; 5.9 Suggested readings; 6 Oceania; 6.1 Austronesian; 6.2 Papuan area; 6.3 Australian area; 6.4 Sketch of Hawaiian; 6.5 Sketch of Dyirbal; 6.6 Exercises; 6.7 Suggested readings; 7 The Americas; North American area; 7.1 Eskimo-Aleut; 7.2 Na-Dene; 7.3 Algic; 7.4 Muskogean; 7.5 Siouan; 7.6 Iroquoian; 7.7 Caddoan; 7.8 Yuman; 7.9 Sahaptian; 7.10 Tsimshianic; 7.11 Kiowa-Tanoan; 7.12 Uto-Aztecan; 7.13 Salishan; Mesoamerican area; 7.14 Oto-Manguean; 7.15 Totonacan; 7.16 Mixe-Zoquean; 7.17 Mayan; South American area; 7.18 Intermediate area; 7.19 Western Amazonia; 7.20 Northern foothills; 7.21 Andes region; 7.22 Southern foothills; 7.23 South; 7.24 Central Amazonia; 7.25 Northern Amazonia; 7.26 Sketch of Central Alaskan Yup?ik; 7.27 Sketch of Ayacucho Quechua; 7.28 Exercises; 7.29 Suggested readings; 8 Language Birth, Death, and Revitalization; 8.1 Mixed languages; 8.2 Constructed languages; 8.3 Pidgins; 8.4 Creoles; 8.5 Sign languages; 8.6 Language endangerment and renewal; 8.7 Sketch of Tok Pisin; 8.8 Exercises; 8.9 Suggested readings; References; Language Index; Subject Index

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