The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue by Merritt Ruhlen

The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue

Merritt Ruhlen

256 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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Using plentiful, engaging, and challenging examples, Ruhlen teaches how to classify languages and decipher their roots. Walks readers through the fascinating steps of tracing the origins and development of all the 5,000 languages known to have bee...

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