The Encyclopedia of Animal Ecology

by Peter D. Moore

When compared to the European standard of one nation, one language, Africa's 2,000 indigenous languages--not to mention its languages of colonial provenance, Arabic and numerous locally developed pidgins and creoles--would seem to pose insuperable problems of economic and political organization. The contributors to this volume, both African and European, examine the political consequences of multilingual societies which choose to develop certain languages...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816018189
• ISBN13: 9780816018185
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 11.4"