Books in the Routledge Language Family Series series

This book describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistics perspectives with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish.

The Uralic Languages, second edition, is a reference book which brings together detailed discussions of the historical development and specialized linguistic structures and features of the languages in the Uralic family.

Essential reference for this particular linguistic community, as well as for linguists working on typology and syntax.

'This is the volume I wish I'd had when Iranian languages first aroused my interest nearly 40 years ago!' - Bernard Comrie, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, GermanyThe Iranian Languages is divided into 15 chapters. The introductory chapters by the editor present a general overview and a detailed discussion of the linguistic typology of Iranian. The individual chapters which follow are written by leading experts in the field. These provide the reader with concise, non-technical descriptions of a range of Iranian languages. Each chapter follows the same pattern and sequence of topics, taking the reader through the significant features not only of phonology and morphology but also of syntax; from phrase level to complex sentences and pragmatics. This unique resource is the ideal companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students of linguistics and language. It will also be of interest to researchers or anyone with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistics anthropology and language development.

Language Isolates is the first volume to explore this fascinating group of languages that comprise a third of the world¿s languages.

The Celtic Languages describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistic perspectives with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. This second edition has been thoroughly revised to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the modern Celtic languages and their current sociolinguistic status along with complete descriptions of the historical languages. With contributions from a variety of scholars of the highest reputation, The Celtic Languages continues to be an invaluable tool for both students and teachers of linguistics, especially those with an interest in typology, language universals and the unique sociolinguistic position which the Celtic languages occupy.

An essential source of reference for this linguistic community, as well as for linguists working on typology and syntax.

Describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistic perspectives with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. This edition gives an account of the modern Celtic languages and their sociolinguistic status along with complete descriptions of the historical languages.

The Uralic languages form a language family of around thirty languages spoken by about twenty million people. This book focuses on nineteen of the major Uralic languages from Estonian to Samoyedic and discusses their structure, history and development.

With introductory chapters that present a general overview and a detailed discussion of the linguistic typology of Iranian, this title provides the reader with non-technical descriptions of a range of Iranian languages. It is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of linguistics and language.

Available again, this book discusses nine Romance languages in context of their common Latin origins and then in individual studies. The final chapter is devoted to Romance-based Creole languages; a genuine innovation in a work of this kind.

The first comprehensive treatment of the Mongolic languages in English, written by an international team of specialists.

This work provides a synoptic treatment of the Indo-Aryan languages, a language family with a historical documentation of language change over a longer period than any other subgroup of Indo-European.

This book provides a unique survey of twelve Germanic languages from English and German to Faroese and Yiddish. Spoken by more than 450 million speakers worldwide, the Germanic languages have unrivalled cultural and social significance.

Providing chapter length descriptions of each of the modern Slavonic languages and the extinct Slavonic languages, this book describes their social context, phonology, sychronic morphology, vocabulary and syntactic properties.

An essential source of reference for this linguistic community, as well as for linguists working on typology and syntax.

The Mayan Languages presents a comprehensive survey of the language family associated with the Classic Mayan civilization (AD 200-900), a family whose individual languages are still spoken today by at least 6 million indigenous Maya in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. This unique resource is an ideal reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Mayan languages and linguistics. Written by a team of experts in the field, The Mayan Languages presents in-depth accounts of the linguistic features that characterize the thirty-one languages of the family, their historical evolution, and the social context in which they are spoken.

The Indo-European Languages presents a comprehensive survey of the individual languages and language clusters within this language family.

This work provides a detailed, reliable source of data on the Oceanic languages, arranged according to the natural system of classification: phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis, semantics, dialectology and sociolinguistics.

The Semitic languages are a family of languages spoken by more that 370 million people across much of the Middle East and North and East Africa. This title provides a general survey of those languages, including the Arab and Aramaic dialects and various languages of Ethiopia.

The Languages of Japan and Korea provides detailed descriptions of the major varieties of languages in the region, both modern and pre-modern, within a common format, producing a long-needed introductory reference source.

"The Turkic Languages" examines the modern languages within this wide-ranging language family and gives an historical overview of their development.

There are more native speakers of Sino-Tibetan languages than of any other language family in the world. Our records of these languages are among the oldest for any human language, and the amount of active research on them has multiplied in the last few decades.

A reference for this particular linguistic community, as well as for linguists working on typology and syntax.

Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume presents grammatical analyses of individual Bantu languages, comparative studies of their main phonetic, phonological and grammatical characteristics and overview chapters on their history and classification.

This reference source aims to provide descriptions of 11 languages within the Dravidian language family, covering their historical development alongside discussions of their specialized linguistic structures and features. Languages include Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, Kannada, Gondi and Brahui.