Atlas of the World's Languages Before the first appearance of the "Atlas of the World's Languages" in 1993, all the world's languages had never been accurately and completely mapped. The "Atlas" depicts the location of every known living language, including languages on the point of extinction. This fully revised edition of the "Atlas" offers: up-to-date research, som... more »e from fieldwork in early 2006; a general linguistic history of each section; an overview of the genetic relations of the languages in each section; statistical and sociolinguistic information; a large number of new or completely updated maps; further reading and a bibliography for each section; and, a cross-referenced language index of over 6,000 languages. Presenting contributions from international scholars, covering over 6,000 languages and containing over 150 full-colour maps, the "Atlas of the World's Languages" is the definitive reference resource for every linguistic and reference library. This new edition of the Atlas is divided into 10 sections, each edited by a leading authority in its field: North America (Lyle Campbell, Ives Goddard, Victor Golla, Marianne Mithun, Mauricio Mixco); Meso-America (Terrence Kaufman); South America (Terrence Kaufman); Australasia and the Pacific (Darrell Tryon); East and South East Asia (David Bradley); Southern Asia (R.E.Asher); Northern Asia and Eastern Europe (Bernard Comrie); Western Europe (Lachlan Mackenzie); Middle East & North Africa (A.K. Irvine); and, Sub-Saharan Africa (Benji Wald).« less