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Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. Thi
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Pages: 316
Pages: 316
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-21 - Publisher: National Geographic Books
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Language: en
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Pages: 256
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