Did you know that there are nearly 7,000 languages spoken around the world? This book introduces you to a wide variety of different languages to start you off on your language-learning journey.Find out where languages come from and where they are spoken. From Arabic to Zulu, Morse code to whale song, this book is packed with language facts and phrases to help you communicate all around the world. It includes: basic vocabulary and short dialogues to practise, maps and flags to show where languages are spoken and information on non-verbal languages, including sign language.This fun and imaginative introduction to languages is perfect for readers aged 9+.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called One Shot .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Hello!
• 2: Introduction
• 3: Language facts
• 4: Language families
• 5: Speak my language!
• 6: Afro-Asiatic
• 7: Altaic
• 8: Indo-European
• 9: Indo-Iranian
• 10: Niger-Congo
• 11: Sino-Tibetan
• 12: Non-verbal languages
• 13: Goodbye!
• 14: Glossary
• 15: Further information
• 16: Index