1Chapter 1. Introduction
43Chapter 7. Languages of Eastern Asia
21.1 Most spoken languages
447.1 Sino-Tibetan languages
31.2 Languages, Accents and Dialects
457.2 Austro-Asiatic languages
41.3 Language Families
467.3 Tai-Kadai languages
51.4 Linguistic diversity
477.4 Focus on Isolating morphology and language change
61.5 Summary
487.5 Summary
71.6 Question Bank
497.6 Question Bank
8Chapter 2. Indo-European languages
50Chapter 8. Languages of the South Sea Islands
92.2 The Indo-European controversy
518.1 The Austronesian realm
102.3 The Indo-European realm
528.2 The Austronesian prototype
112.4 Focus on Lesser-known Indo-European languages
538.3 The Polynesian controversy
122.5 Summary
548.4 Focus on The mystery of Malagasy
132.6 Question Bank
558.5 Summary
14Chapter 3. Non-Indo-European languages of Europe and India
568.6 Question Bank
153.1 Finno-Ugric languages
57Chapter 9. Aboriginal languages of Australia and Papua New Guinea
163.2 Basque
589.1 Languages of Papua New Guinea
173.3 Dravidian languages
599.2 Languages of Australia
183.4 Focus on Universals and the parametric theory of language
609.3 Focus on: Is Dyirbal a primitive language?
193.5 Summary
619.4 Summary
203.6 Question Bank
629.5 Question Bank
21Chapter 4. Languages of the Caucasus
63Chapter 10. Native languages of the Americas
224.1 Northwest Caucasian languages
6410.1 Languages of North America
234.2 Northeast Caucasian languages
6510.2 Languages of Meso-America
244.3 Kartvelian languages
6610.3 Languages of South America
254.4 Indo-European languages in the Caucasus
6710.4 Focus on The Piraha controversy
264.5 Focus on Field linguistics
6810.5 Summary
274.6 Summary
6910.6 Question Bank
284.7 Question Bank
70Chapter 11. Macro Families
29Chapter 5. Languages of Northern Africa, Middle East, and Central Asia
7111.1 Afroasiatic languages
305.1 Turkic languages
7211.2 Uralic languages
315.2 Semitic languages
7311.3 Altaic languages
325.3 Focus on Language contact
7411.4 The Nostratic and Eurasiatic hypotheses
335.4 Summary
7511.5 Other hypothesized macro language families
345.5 Question Bank
7611.6 Summary
35Chapter 6. Languages of Sub-Saharan Africa
7711.7 Question Bank
366.1 Introduction
78Chapter 12. Pidgins, Creo
376.2 Nilo-Saharan languages
7912.1 Pidgins
386.3 Niger-Congo languages
8012.2 Creoles
396.4 Khoisan languages
8112.3 Mixed Jewish languages
406.5 Focus on Official languages, trade languages, and creole languages in sub-Saharan Africa
8212.4 Summary
416.6 Summary
8312.5 Question Bank
426.7 Question Bank
84Glossary
