Of Languages and Numbers

Books

Vanishing Voices: the Extinction of the World’s Languages, by Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine, editors Oxford University Press (2002)
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Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition
editors SIL International (2009)
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The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development
by Levi Leonard Conant, editors Nabu Press (2010)
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Natural languages

• Afrikaans
  • A Grammar of Afrikaans [], Bruce C. Donaldson, Walter de Gruyter (1993)

• Albanian
  • Standard Albanian: A Reference Grammar for Students [], Leonard Newmark, Philip Hubbard, Peter Prifti, Stanford University Press (1982)

• Aloápam Zapotec
  • San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Dictionary (Vols. 1 and 2) [], UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Publications (1999)

• Arikara
  • Myths and Traditions of the Arikara Indians (Sources of American Indian Oral Literature) [], Douglas R. Parks, University of Nebraska Press (1996)
  • Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians, Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians Series [, ], Douglas R. Parks, University of Nebraska Press (1990)

• Armenian
  • Elementary Modern Armenian Grammar [], Kevork H. Gulian, Adamant Media Corporation (2005)
  • Beginner’s Armenian [], Hagop Andonian, Hippocrene Books (1999)

• Azerbaijani
  • Azerbaijani-English, English-Azerbaijani dictionary and phrasebook [], Nicholas Awde, Famil Ismailov, Hippocrene Books (1999)

• Bambara
  • The History of the N’ko Alphabet and Its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons [], Dianne White Oyler, Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers (2007)

• Bulgarian
  • Intensive Bulgarian: A Textbook & Reference Grammar (Vol 1) [], Ronelle Alexander, Olga M. Mladenova, University of Wisconsin Press (2000)
  • Intensive Bulgarian: A Textbook & Reference Grammar (Vol 2) [], Ronelle Alexander, Olga M. Mladenova, University of Wisconsin Press (2000)
  • A comprehensive Bulgarian grammar for foreign learners [], Lily Earl, Daniela Ubenova (2000)

• Catalan
  • Teach Yourself Catalan [], Alan Yates, Anna Poch, McGraw-Hill (2004)
  • Catalan: A Comprehensive Grammar [], Nicolau Dols, Routledge (1999)

• Central Tarahumara
  • Primal Awareness: A True Story of Survival, Transformation, and Awakening with the Rarámuri Shamans of Mexico [], Don Trent Jacobs, Inner Traditions (1998)
  • Tarahumara: Where Night is the Day of the Moon [], Bernard L. Fontana, John P. Schaefer , University of Arizona Press (1997)

• Cherokee
  • Signs of Cherokee Culture: Sequoyah’s Syllabary in Eastern Cherokee Life [], Margaret Bender, HoughtonThe University of North Carolina Press (2007)
  • Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing [], James Rumford, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (2004)
  • Beginning Cherokee [], Ruth Bradley Holmes, Betty Sharp Smith, University of Oklahoma Press (1992)

• Choapan Zapotec
  • San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Dictionary (Vols. 1 and 2) [], UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Publications (1999)

• Comox
  • The Comox Valley: Courtenay, Comox, Cumberland and Area [, ], Paula Wild, Harbour (2006)
  • Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands [], Dorothy Kennedy, Talonbooks (1983)

• Dzambazi Romani
  • Gypsy Dialects: A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Materials for the Practical Study of Romani [], Edward Proctor, University Of Hertfordshire Press (2008)

• English
  • A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language [], Quirk, Randolph, & Others, Longman (1985)

• Estonian
  • Colloquial Estonian [], Christopher Moseley, Routledge (2008)
  • Estonian-English/English-Estonian: Dictionary & Phasebook [], Ksana Benyuch, Hippocrene Books (2002)

• Faroese
  • An introduction to modern Faroese, W. B. Lockwood, DaisyMunksgaard (1964)

• Finnish
  • Finnish: An Essential Grammar [], Fred Karlsson, Routledge (2008)

• French
  • Schaum’s Outline of French Grammar, 5ed [], Mary Crocker, McGraw-Hill (2008)
  • A Comprehensive French Grammar [], Glanville Price, Wiley-Blackwell (2007)
  • French Grammar: A Complete Reference Guide [], Daniel Calvez, McGraw-Hill (2004)

• French (Belgium)
  • Schaum’s Outline of French Grammar, 5ed [], Mary Crocker, McGraw-Hill (2008)
  • A Comprehensive French Grammar [], Glanville Price, Wiley-Blackwell (2007)
  • French Grammar: A Complete Reference Guide [], Daniel Calvez, McGraw-Hill (2004)

• French (Switzerland)
  • Schaum’s Outline of French Grammar, 5ed [], Mary Crocker, McGraw-Hill (2008)
  • A Comprehensive French Grammar [], Glanville Price, Wiley-Blackwell (2007)
  • French Grammar: A Complete Reference Guide [], Daniel Calvez, McGraw-Hill (2004)

• German
  • Schaum’s Outline of German Grammar, 4ed [], Elke Gschossmann-Hendershot, Lois Feuerle, McGraw-Hill (2009)
  • Comprehensive German Grammar [], Jonathan West, Blackwell Publishers (2003)

• Haida
  • “And he knew our language”: Missionary Linguistics on the Pacific Northwest Coast [], Marcus Tomalin, John Benjamins Publishing Company (2011)
  • A Story as Sharp as a Knife: The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World [], Robert Bringhurst, University of Nebraska Press (2000)
  • Haida: Their Art and Culture [], Leslie Drew, Hancock House Pub (1982)

• Haitian Creole
  • The Haitian Creole language: history, structure, use, and education [], Arthur K. Spears, Carole M. Berotte Joseph, Lexington Books (2010)
  • English Haitian Creole Word to word (Billingual Dictionaries) [], Fequiere Vilsaint, Jean Evens Berret, Educa Vision Inc. (2006)

• Halkomelem
  • Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem [, ], Brent Douglas Galloway, University of California Press (2009)
  • A Grammar of Upriver Halkomelem [], Brent Douglas Galloway, University of California Press (1993)

• Hopi
  • Hopi Dictionary: Hopiikwa Lavaytutuveni: A Hopi-English Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect With an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar [], University of Arizona Press (1998)
  • Book of the Hopi [, ], Frank Waters, Penguin (1977)

• Igbo
  • Igbo for Beginners [], Joyce Okwumo, Morris Publishing (2009)
  • Igbo-English English-Igbo Dictionary and Phrasebook [], Nicholas Awde, Hippocrene Books (1999)

• Inari Sami
  • The Sami People: Traditions in Transitions [, ], Veli-Pekka Lehtola, University of Alaska Press (2005)

• Indonesian
  • Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar [], James Neil Sneddon, Routledge (1996)

• Ingrian
  • Ingrian Laments [, ], Aili Nenola, Finnish Literature Society (2002)
  • Ingrians and Neighbours [], Timo Virtanen, Gazelle Distribution (2000)
  • Ingrian Finnish: Dialect Preservation and Change [], Manja Irmeli Lehto, Coronet Books (1996)

• Ingush
  • Ingush Grammar [], Johanna Nichols, University of California Press (2010)

• Isthmus Zapotec
  • Zapotec-English/English-Zapotec (Isthmus) Concise Dictionary [, ], A. Scott Britton, Hippocrene Books (2003)

• Italian
  • Schaum’s Outline of Italian Grammar, Third Edition [], Joseph Germano, Conrad J. Schmitt, McGraw-Hill (2007)
  • Italian Grammar [], Marcel Danesi, Barron’s Educational Series (2002)
  • Essential Italian Grammar [], Olga Ragusa, Dover Publications (1963)

• Kalderash Romani
  • Learn Romani: Das-duma Rromanes [], Ronald Lee, University Of Hertfordshire Press (2005)
  • Gypsy Dialects: A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Materials for the Practical Study of Romani [], Edward Proctor, University Of Hertfordshire Press (2008)

• Kali’na
  • A Carib grammar and dictionary [, ], Henk Courtz, Magoria Books (2008)

• Karelian
  • Syntactic Transfer, Contact-induced Change, And The Evolution Of Bilingual Mixed Codes: Focus On Karelian-russian Language Alternation [], Anneli Sarhimaa, Finnish Literature Society (1999)

• Kiliwa
  • Kiliwa [], Mauricio J. Mixco, Lincom (2000)

• Klallam
  • Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-Whit-Zen Village [, ], Lynda V. Mapes, University of Washington Press (2009)
  • Totem Poles of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe: The Art of Dale Faulstich [], Joan Worley, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe (2008)
  • The Jamestown S’Klallam story: Rebuilding a Northwest coast Indian tribe [], Joseph H. Stauss, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe (2002)

• Koasati
  • Koasati Grammar [], Geoffrey D. Kimball, University of Nebraska Press (1991)

• Lachixío Zapotec
  • San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Dictionary (Vols. 1 and 2) [], UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Publications (1999)

• Latin
  • A Latin Grammar [], James Morwood, Oxford University Press (2000)
  • Essential Latin [], G.D.A. Sharpley, Routledge (1999)

• Latvian
  • Colloquial Latvian: The Complete Course for Beginners [, ], Dace Prauli, Christopher Moseley, Routledge (2010)
  • Latvian-English/English-Latvian Dictionary & Phrasebook [, ], Amanda Zaeska Jatniece, Hippocrene Books (2004)

• Lingala
  • Lingala-English, English-Lingala Dictionary and Phrasebook [], Thomas Antwi-Akowuah, Hippocrene Books (1996)
  • Lingala Grammar and Dictionary: English-Lingala, Lingala-English [, ], Malcolm Guthrie, Baptist Missionary Society (1988)

• Lithuanian
  • Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian Dictionary & Phrasebook [, ], Jurgita Baltrusaityte, Hippocrene Books (2004)
  • Beginner’s Lithuanian [, ], Leonardas Dambriunas, Hippocrene Books (1998)

• Mandinka
  • The History of the N’ko Alphabet and Its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons [], Dianne White Oyler, Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers (2007)

• Mapudungun
  • A Grammar of Mapuche [], Ineke Smeets, Walter de Gruyter (2008)
  • Mapudungun (Languages of the world) [], Fernando Zúñiga, Lincom Europa (2000)

• Micmac
  • English-Micmac Dictionary: Dictionary of the Language of the Micmac Indians Who Reside in Nova Scotia New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton [], Silas Tertius Rand, Laurier Books Ltd (2007)
  • Mi’kmaq: People of the Maritimes [], Stephen A. Davis, Down East Books (1997)
  • The Mi’kmaq Anthology [], Lesley Choyce, Down East Books (1997)

• Mohegan-Pequot
  • A Vocabulary of Mohegan-Pequot [], John Dyneley Prince, Frank G. Speck, Evolution Pub & Manufacturing (2005)
  • Under the Mohegan Sun: A Celebration of Cuisine and Culture [], Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (2005)

• Navajo
  • Dine Bizaad: Speak, Read, Write Navajo [], Irvy W. Goossen, Salina Bookshelf (1995)
  • Colloquial Navajo: A Dictionary [], Robert W. Young & William Morgan, Hippocrene Books (1994)

• Nengone
  • Nengone Grammar [], Jean-Claude Rivierre, Pacific Linguistics (1971)

• Northern Kurdish
  • Kurdish phrasebook and culture: A Beginner’s Guide to Developing Essential Communication Skills in Kurmanji-Kurdish [], Shirzad Alkadhi, Trafford Publishing, (2011)
  • A Basic Course in Modern Kurmanji [], Peter Pikkert, CreateSpace (2010)
  • Webster’s Kurmanji - English Thesaurus Dictionary [], Philip M. Parker, ICON Group International, (2008)

• Northern Sami
  • The Sami People: Traditions in Transitions [, ], Veli-Pekka Lehtola, University of Alaska Press (2005)

• Ojibwa
  • Nishnaabemwin reference grammar [], J. Randolph Valentine, University of Toronto Press (2001)
  • Dictionary of the Ojibway Language [], Frederic Baraga, Minnesota Historical Society Press (1992)

• Oneida
  • The Oneida Creation Story [], Demus Elm, Harvey Antone, Bison Books (2000)

• Pennsylvania German
  • A Pennsylvania German Reader and Grammar [], Earl C. Haag, Pennsylvania State University Press (1978)

• Pite Sami
  • The Sami People: Traditions in Transitions [, ], Veli-Pekka Lehtola, University of Alaska Press (2005)

• Plautdietsch
  • Wi Leahre Plautdietsch: A Beginner’s Guide to Mennonite Low German [, ], Isaias McCaffery, Mennonite Heritage Museum (2008)
  • The Spelling of Low German & Plautdietsch: Towards an Official Plautdietsch Orthography [], Reuben Epp, Readers Pr (1996)

• Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Pois não: Brazilian Portuguese Course for Spanish Speakers, with Basic Reference Grammar [], Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões, University of Texas Press (2008)
  • Portuguese grammar: a complete, concise and practical reference, Sonia Celegatti Althoff, sonia-portuguese.com (2008)
  • Portuguese Verbs And Essentials of Grammar: A Practical Guide to the Mastery of Portuguese [], Sue Tyson-Ward, Passport Books (1996)

• Portuguese (Portugal)
  • Portuguese grammar: a complete, concise and practical reference, Sonia Celegatti Althoff, sonia-portuguese.com (2008)
  • Portuguese Verbs And Essentials of Grammar: A Practical Guide to the Mastery of Portuguese [], Sue Tyson-Ward, Passport Books (1996)

• Romani
  • Gypsy Dialects: A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Materials for the Practical Study of Romani [], Edward Proctor, University Of Hertfordshire Press (2008)
  • Romani: A Linguistic Introduction [], Yaron Matras, Cambridge University Press (2005)

• Romansh
  • Romansh-English/English-Romansh Dictionary and Phrasebook [, ], Manfred Gross, Daniel Telli, Hippocrene Books (1999)

• Santa Ana Yareni Zapotec
  • San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Dictionary (Vols. 1 and 2) [], UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Publications (1999)

• Serbian
  • Simplified Grammar of the Serbian Language [], Morfill, William Richard, BiblioBazaar (2009)
  • Introduction to the Croatian and Serbian Language [], Thomas F. Magner, Pennsylvania State University Press (1995)

• Shona
  • Beginner’s Shona (ChiShona) [], Aquilina Mawadza, Hippocrene Books (2003)
  • Shona Mini Companion. A Guide for Beginners [], Desmond Dale, Mambo Press (1981)

• Skolt Sami
  • The Sami People: Traditions in Transitions [, ], Veli-Pekka Lehtola, University of Alaska Press (2005)
  • The Skolt Lapps Today [, ], Tim Ingold, Cambridge University Press (1977)

• Slovene
  • Slovene: A Comprehensive Grammar [], Peter Herrity, Routledge (2000)

• Somali
  • Colloquial Somali: a complete language course [], Martin Orwin, Routledge (1995)
  • Practical Grammar of the Somali Language, with a Manual of Sentences [], Évangéliste de Larajasse, BiblioLife (2009)

• South Efate
  • A Grammar of South Efate: An Oceanic Language of Vanuatu [], Nicholas Thieberger, University of Hawaii Press (2006)

• Spanish
  • Schaum’s Outline of Spanish Grammar, 5ed [], Conrad J. Schmitt, McGraw-Hill (2008)
  • Spanish Grammar [], Christopher Kendris, Barron’s Educational Series (2001)
  • A Comprehensive Spanish Grammar [], Jacques De Bruyne, Wiley-Blackwell (1996)

• Spanish (Puerto Rico)
  • Schaum’s Outline of Spanish Grammar, 5ed [], Conrad J. Schmitt, McGraw-Hill (2008)
  • Spanish Grammar [], Christopher Kendris, Barron’s Educational Series (2001)
  • A Comprehensive Spanish Grammar [], Jacques De Bruyne, Wiley-Blackwell (1996)

• Squamish
  • Skwxwu7mesh Snichim-Xweliten Snichim Skexwts / Squamish-English Dictionary [], Squamish Nation, University of Washington Press (2011)

• Swiss German
  • Die Schweizermacher. A Swiss German Tutorial [], Paul G. Schreier, Books on Demand GmbH (2003)

• Timbisha
  • Tümpisa (Panamint) Shoshone dictionary, Jon Philip Dayley, University of California Press (1989)

• Tok Pisin
  • Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary [, ], C. A. Volker, Oxford University Press Australia (2008)
  • Tok Pisin The easy way [], Frank Mihalic, Wantok Publications Inc. (1982)

• Tongan (telephone-style)
  • The Student’s English-Tongan and Tongan-English Dictionary [], Friendly Isles Pr (2000)
  • Intensive Course in Tongan [], Eric B. Shumway, Institute for Polynesian Studies (1989)

• Turkish
  • Turkish: a comprehensive grammar [], Aslı Göksel, Celia Kerslake, Routledge (2005)
  • Turkish Grammar [], Geoffrey Lewis, Oxford University Press, (2001)
  • Elementary Turkish [], Lewis V. Thomas, Dover Publications (1986)

• Yup’ik
  • Yup’ik (Central Eskimo) Language Guide (and more!), Terryl Miller, World Friendship Publishing (2006)
  • Practical Grammar of the Central Alaskan Yup’ik Eskimo Language [], Steven A. Jacobson, Alaska Native Language Center (1995)
  • My Yupik Counting Book: Counting To “10” in Yupik [], Helen Marrs, CreateSpace (2009)
  • Yup’ik Eskimo Dictionary [], Alaska Native Language Center (1984)

Artificial languages

• Bocce
  • Dark Lens [, ], Cédric Delsaux, Xavier Barral (2011)
  • Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide [], Ben Burtt, Del Rey (2001)
  • A Guide to the Star Wars Universe [], Bill Slavicsek, LucasBooks (2000)

• Dothraki
  • Game of Thrones Season One Essays [], Pearson Moore, Inukshuk Press (2011)
  • A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire) [, ], George R.R. Martin, Bantam (2011)

• D’ni
  • Myst: The Book of D’Ni [], Rand Miller, Hyperion Books (1997)
  • From Myst to Riven: The Creations & Inspirations [], Richard Kadrey, Hyperion Books (1997)

• Esperanto
  • A Complete Grammar Of Esperanto The International Language [], Ivy Kellerman, BiblioBazaar (2009)

• Ewokese
  • Dark Lens [, ], Cédric Delsaux, Xavier Barral (2011)
  • Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide [], Ben Burtt, Del Rey (2001)
  • A Guide to the Star Wars Universe [], Bill Slavicsek, LucasBooks (2000)

• Giak
  • The Magnamund Companion [], Joe Dever, Berkley Trade (1988)

• Gunganese
  • Dark Lens [, ], Cédric Delsaux, Xavier Barral (2011)
  • Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide [], Ben Burtt, Del Rey (2001)
  • A Guide to the Star Wars Universe [], Bill Slavicsek, LucasBooks (2000)

• Huttese
  • Dark Lens [, ], Cédric Delsaux, Xavier Barral (2011)
  • Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide [], Ben Burtt, Del Rey (2001)
  • A Guide to the Star Wars Universe [], Bill Slavicsek, LucasBooks (2000)

• Hylian
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Official Strategy Guide [], Prima Publishing (2011)
  • The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy [], Luke Cuddy, Open Court (2008)

• Jawaese
  • Dark Lens [, ], Cédric Delsaux, Xavier Barral (2011)
  • Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide [], Ben Burtt, Del Rey (2001)
  • A Guide to the Star Wars Universe [], Bill Slavicsek, LucasBooks (2000)

• Klingon
  • Klingon for the Galactic Traveler [, ], Marc Okrand, Star Trek (1997)
  • The Klingon Dictionary [, ], Marc Okrand, Star Trek (1992)

• Loglan
  • Loglan 1: A Logical Language [], James Cooke Brown, The Loglan Institute (1989)

• Lojban
  • What Is Lojban? [, ], Nick Nicholas, John Woldemar Cowan, Logical Language Group (2003)
  • The Complete Lojban Language [], John Woldemar Cowan, Logical Language Group (1997)

• Láadan
  • Native Tongue [, ], Suzette Haden Elgin, The Feminist Press (2000)
  • A First Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan [], Suzette Haden Elgin, Society for the Furtherance & Study of Fantas (1988)

• Mandalorian
  • Dark Lens [, ], Cédric Delsaux, Xavier Barral (2011)
  • Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide [], Ben Burtt, Del Rey (2001)
  • A Guide to the Star Wars Universe [], Bill Slavicsek, LucasBooks (2000)

• Na’vi
  • The Ultimate Fan’s Guide to Avatar, James Cameron’s epic movie (Unauthorized) [], Kevin Patrick Mahoney, Punked Books (2010)
  • The Art of Avatar: James Cameron’s Epic Adventure [, ], Lisa Fitzpatrick, Abrams (2009)
  • Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora [], Maria Wilhelm, Dirk Mathison, It Books (2009)

• Neimoidian
  • Dark Lens [, ], Cédric Delsaux, Xavier Barral (2011)
  • Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide [], Ben Burtt, Del Rey (2001)
  • A Guide to the Star Wars Universe [], Bill Slavicsek, LucasBooks (2000)

• Quenya
  • Arda philology (book I and II), Omentielva Tatya, proceedings of the 2005 and 2007 Omentielva conferences
  • The Languages of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth [, ], Ruth S. Noel, Mariner Books (1980)

• Romulan
  • Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages (Star Trek) [, ], Diane Duane, Pocket Books / Star Trek (2006)

• Shyriiwook
  • How to Speak Wookiee: A Manual for Intergalactic Communication [], Wu Kee Smith, Chronicle Books (2011)
  • Dark Lens [, ], Cédric Delsaux, Xavier Barral (2011)
  • Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide [], Ben Burtt, Del Rey (2001)
  • A Guide to the Star Wars Universe [], Bill Slavicsek, LucasBooks (2000)

• Sindarin
  • A Gateway to Sindarin: A Grammar of an Elvish Language from JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Ring [], David Salo, University of Utah Press (2007)
  • The Languages of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth [, ], Ruth S. Noel, Mariner Books (1980)

• Volapük
  • Grammar of Volapük [], Johann Martin Schleyer, Nabu Press (2010)
  • Comprehensive Volapük Grammar [], Alfred A. Post, BiblioLife (2009)

• Vulcan
  • The Vulcan Language [], Mark R. Gardner, The Vulcan Language Institute (2011)