Description
Featuring a huge variety of ancient, modern and even invented languages, this collection of problems will introduce you to unusual alphabets and scripts, curious vocabularies and phonologies, and global variations in simple activities like counting, telling the time, and naming children. Whether you are a crossword solver, a codebreaker or a Scrabble addict, these puzzles are guaranteed to twist your tongue and sharpen your mind. From the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland.
Details
  • Author: Bellos, Alex
  • Publisher: Guardian Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publication Date: 23/10/2020
  • ISBN: 9781783352180
  • B-Code: B052664
  • Pages: 288
  • Dimensions: 234x153mm
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