Author: A. Scott Britton
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
ISBN: 9780781810661
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Guarani is an indigenous South American language with over 8 million speakers. It is mostly spoken in Paraguay and Bolivia. With over 7,000 entries, this is a comprehensive bilingual Guarani-English dictionary that provides parts of speech, illustrative examples, etymological notes, and a pronunciation and orthography section.
Guaraní Concise Dictionary
Author: A. Scott Britton
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
ISBN: 9780781810661
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Guarani is an indigenous South American language with over 8 million speakers. It is mostly spoken in Paraguay and Bolivia. With over 7,000 entries, this is a comprehensive bilingual Guarani-English dictionary that provides parts of speech, illustrative examples, etymological notes, and a pronunciation and orthography section.
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
ISBN: 9780781810661
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Guarani is an indigenous South American language with over 8 million speakers. It is mostly spoken in Paraguay and Bolivia. With over 7,000 entries, this is a comprehensive bilingual Guarani-English dictionary that provides parts of speech, illustrative examples, etymological notes, and a pronunciation and orthography section.
A Grammar of Paraguayan Guarani
Author: Bruno Estigarribia
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781787353220
Category : Guarani language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The history of Guarani is a history of resilience. Paraguayan Guarani is a vibrant, modern language, mother tongue to millions of people in South America. It is the only indigenous language in the Americas spoken by a non-ethnically-indigenous majority, and since 1992, it is also an official language of Paraguay alongside Spanish. This book provides the first comprehensive reference grammar of Modern Paraguayan Guarani written for an English-language audience. It is an accessible yet thorough and carefully substantiated description of the language's phonology, morphosyntax, and semantics. It also includes information about its centuries of documented history and its current sociolinguistic situation.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781787353220
Category : Guarani language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The history of Guarani is a history of resilience. Paraguayan Guarani is a vibrant, modern language, mother tongue to millions of people in South America. It is the only indigenous language in the Americas spoken by a non-ethnically-indigenous majority, and since 1992, it is also an official language of Paraguay alongside Spanish. This book provides the first comprehensive reference grammar of Modern Paraguayan Guarani written for an English-language audience. It is an accessible yet thorough and carefully substantiated description of the language's phonology, morphosyntax, and semantics. It also includes information about its centuries of documented history and its current sociolinguistic situation.
Zapotec-English/English-Zapotec (Isthmus) Concise Dictionary
Author: A. Scott Britton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Isthmus Zapotec, one of at least six known varieties of Zapotec, claims the largest number of speakers in the Zapotecean family. It is spoken in Oaxacam in Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and in the state's capital city, Oaxaca de Juarez. This is the first dictionary of Isthmus Zapotec to be published in English. In addition to over 5, 000 entries -- with etymological notes given when entry words derive from Spanish -- the dictionary contains detailed yet concise sections covering spelling and pronunciation, as well as the major points of Isthmus Zapotec grammar.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Isthmus Zapotec, one of at least six known varieties of Zapotec, claims the largest number of speakers in the Zapotecean family. It is spoken in Oaxacam in Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and in the state's capital city, Oaxaca de Juarez. This is the first dictionary of Isthmus Zapotec to be published in English. In addition to over 5, 000 entries -- with etymological notes given when entry words derive from Spanish -- the dictionary contains detailed yet concise sections covering spelling and pronunciation, as well as the major points of Isthmus Zapotec grammar.
A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe
Author: John D. Nichols
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452901996
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
"Presented in Ojibwe-English and English-Ojibwe sections, this dictionary spells words to reflect their actual pronunciation with a direct match between the letters used and the speech sounds of Ojibwe. Containing more than 7,000 of the most frequently used Ojibwe words."--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452901996
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
"Presented in Ojibwe-English and English-Ojibwe sections, this dictionary spells words to reflect their actual pronunciation with a direct match between the letters used and the speech sounds of Ojibwe. Containing more than 7,000 of the most frequently used Ojibwe words."--P. [4] of cover.
Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary
Author: Carol Styles Carvajal
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198609779
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1507
Book Description
Searchable Spanish to English and English to Spanish dictionaries, based on the Oxford Spanish dictionary. Databases contain 170,000 words and phrases and 240,000 translations.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198609779
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1507
Book Description
Searchable Spanish to English and English to Spanish dictionaries, based on the Oxford Spanish dictionary. Databases contain 170,000 words and phrases and 240,000 translations.
Hawaiian Dictionary & Phrasebook
Author: A. Scott Britton
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
ISBN: 9780781811361
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"If you're traveling to Hawaii and the only Hawaiian word you know is Aloha,this is the book for you! Hawaiians are enormously proud of their heritage, and Hawaiian shares official-language status with English. This book provides all the language you need to get by in Hawaiian, and is the ideal companion for vacationers and others interested in traditional Hawaiian culture." "Divided into three parts, this book includes: an easy guide to Hawaiian pronunciation and grammar; a two-way dictionary of essential words; and a phrasebook covering useful topics such as greetings, food & drink, cultural activities, and more."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
ISBN: 9780781811361
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"If you're traveling to Hawaii and the only Hawaiian word you know is Aloha,this is the book for you! Hawaiians are enormously proud of their heritage, and Hawaiian shares official-language status with English. This book provides all the language you need to get by in Hawaiian, and is the ideal companion for vacationers and others interested in traditional Hawaiian culture." "Divided into three parts, this book includes: an easy guide to Hawaiian pronunciation and grammar; a two-way dictionary of essential words; and a phrasebook covering useful topics such as greetings, food & drink, cultural activities, and more."--BOOK JACKET.
Tuttle Pocket Tagalog Dictionary
Author: Joi Barrios, Ph.D
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462921647
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Tuttle Pocket Tagalog Dictionary is the most up-to-date Tagalog pocket dictionary available. It contains a comprehensive range of contemporary Tagalog words and expressions, including the latest Internet and social media vocabulary. This dictionary is specifically designed to meet the needs of English speakers who are studying or using Tagalog on a daily basis. It contains over 15,000 entries including all the vocabulary (in both directions) needed for everyday use. All headwords are in bold for easy look-up.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462921647
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Tuttle Pocket Tagalog Dictionary is the most up-to-date Tagalog pocket dictionary available. It contains a comprehensive range of contemporary Tagalog words and expressions, including the latest Internet and social media vocabulary. This dictionary is specifically designed to meet the needs of English speakers who are studying or using Tagalog on a daily basis. It contains over 15,000 entries including all the vocabulary (in both directions) needed for everyday use. All headwords are in bold for easy look-up.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics
Author: P.H. Matthews
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199202729
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199202729
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
Chamber Concise Dictionary
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788186062364
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788186062364
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1476
Book Description
A Carib Grammar and Dictionary
Author: Henk Courtz
Publisher: Magoria Books
ISBN: 0978170768
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The Carib language, sometimes called Galibi or True Carib, is spoken by some 7,000 people living in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, and Brazil. This resource contains a detailed description of Carib grammar and the most extensive inventory of Carib lexemes and affixes so far. (Foreign Language-Dictionaries/Phrasebooks)
Publisher: Magoria Books
ISBN: 0978170768
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The Carib language, sometimes called Galibi or True Carib, is spoken by some 7,000 people living in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, and Brazil. This resource contains a detailed description of Carib grammar and the most extensive inventory of Carib lexemes and affixes so far. (Foreign Language-Dictionaries/Phrasebooks)