Books by Mark Abley

As much a travel book as a linguistic study, this book goes beyond grammar and vocabulary; more importantly, this book is about the people of the world. On his travels Abley encounters bloggers, translators, novelists, therapists, dictionary makers, hip-hop performers and web-savvy teenagers.

Half the world's languages are threatened with extinction over the next century, as English and the rest of the world's top twenty languages drive all before them.