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Limits of Language: Almost Everything You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Language and Languages
Author(s): Mikael Parkvall (Author)
- Publisher: William James & Company
- Publication Date: September 1, 2008
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 466 pages
- ISBN-10: 1590282108
- ISBN-13: 9781590282106
Book Description
Are there native speakers of Klingon? Has there ever been a state with Esperanto as its official language? What is the least useful dictionary ever produced? What is the world’s smallest language? Does English have more words than other languages? In what country are people the most polyglot? Can words consist of consonants alone?
