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Src: The Asian Studies Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
01 Mar 2000
Linguasphere
Linguasphere Observatory, Wales, UK
Self-description:
"A research network devoted to the
classification of the world's languages and dialects. [...]
The purpose of the website is not only to provide a
free information-service, but also to provide a
forum for the gathering and collation of new and
revised data on the world's languages and dialects."
[The Extracts
section displays extracts from the Linguasphere Register of the World's
Languages and Speech Communities, including a PDF file on the
Sino-Indian phylosector with emphasis on Yue/Cantonese - HL.]
Contents:
Concept; World Language Register; Linguasphere Observatory; What is a
Language?; Languages of the World; A Multilingual World; Getting Involved;
Bookshelf; Resource Databases; Newspage; Mapbase; Links; Download Extracts
URL http://www.linguasphere.org/
Link suggested by: Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Corporate Info./Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: V.Useful
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