The Languages of Native North America
- ISBN-10
- 052129875X
- ISBN-13
- 9780521298759
- Category
- Foreign Language Study
- Pages
- 773
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-06-07
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Marianne Mithun
Description
An authoritative and detailed survey of the languages of the North American Indians.
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