Author

K. David Harrison

5 books

Books

  1. When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge 2007
  2. The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages 2010
  3. Book of Peoples of the World: A Guide to Cultures 2001
2 more
  1. National Geographic People of the World: Cultures and Traditions, Ancestry and Identity
  2. Lessons from documented endangered languages 2008

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