TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berlitz, Charles
TI  - Native tongues
SN  - 448123363
AV  - P 112 .B47 1982 
PY  - 1982///
CY  - New York
PB  - Grosset & Dunlap
KW  - LANGUAGES -- FOREIGN LANGUAGES
N1  - Includes index; 1. There are 2,796 languages in the world -- 2. How languages started -- 3. How languages spread and decline -- 4. 1066 and the french invasion of english -- 5. How you ca turn thousands of english words into french, spanish, italian, german, portuguese, or dutch -- 6. Language, gender and sex -- 7. Language incidents that changed history -- 8. Rallying cries of conquest, defiance, or prayer -- 9. Words of love and admiration -- 10. Insults and profanity around the world
N2  - It is a book that would offer an overview of how language has affected the peoples of the world all through history and does so today more than ever
ER  -