"The world has more than 6,000 languages, but those languages are written in fewer than 100 alphabets--more than a third of which are endangered. Oddly gnarly o

A global exploration of the many writing systems that are on the verge of vanishing, and the stories and cultures they carry with them. If something is importan

Sartore and National Geographic present 80 iconic images, representing a lifelong commitment to the natural world and a three-year investigation into the Endang

Presents an overview of the living, endangered, and extinct languages of the world, providing the total number of speakers of the language, its history, and map

CHOSEN BY THE ECONOMIST AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR An American linguist teaching in England explores the sibling rivalry between British and American English �