Bernard Comree (ed.). The World’s Major Languages. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. xiii + 1025 pp. $79

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Bernard Comree (ed.). The World’s Major Languages. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. xiii + 1025 pp. $79

Bernard Comree (ed.). The World’s Major Languages. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. xiii + 1025 pp. $79