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ISBN: | 9789027283115 9027283117 9027238022 9789027238023 1556197268 9781556197260 1283222477 9781283222471 9786613222473 661322247X
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 697-706) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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Summary: | The Caucasus for its size can boast more languages than any other region on earth. Of the 40 or so native tongues Georgian is the most widely spoken (by up to 5 million, of whom 3 million are ethnic Georgians). With its own unique script, Georgian has been written since the 4th century and has a rich literature of all genres. Outside Georgia, however, it has remained virtually unknown and unstudied, its grammatical intricacies being discussed by a small but ever growing succession of foreign specialists. The present work represents the first Reference Grammar of this challenging language to ap.
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Other form: | Print version: Hewitt, B.G. Georgian. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©1995 9027238022
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