Publisher's Synopsis
Ethnologue(R) is the comprehensive reference work that catalogs all the known living languages in the world today. It has been an active research project for more than 60 years. Thousands of linguists and other researchers all over the world rely on and have contributed to the Ethnologue(R). It is widely regarded to be the most comprehensive listing of information of its kind.
Ethnologue(R) is published in three volumes. Each volume is self-contained and can be used independently. This volume catalogs the languages of Asia. It includes:
- 2,344 language descriptions organized by continent and country
- 18,181 primary names, alternate names, and dialect names
- 53 country overviews with graphical language vitality profiles
- 78 color maps showing location and distribution of languages
The individual pictured on the front cover is a boy from Kathmandu, Nepal; image by Marc Ewell. The fabric is from Thai Lue, Thailand. The glyph on the front cover is the Tai Viet "low khho" in SIL's Tai Heritage Pro font. The glyph on the back cover is from a South Asian Devanagari script in the Annapurna SIL font.
