The Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas

About this book

This book derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Worlds Ancient Languages describes the ancient languages of Asia and the Americas for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or in some instances a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation each of these chapters examines the writing system(s) phonology morphology syntax and lexicon of that language and places the language within its proper linguistic and historical context. The volume brings together an international array of scholars each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for scholars and students of linguistics this work will prove invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language.