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008			051117s1988 000 0 eng d
040			_erda
050			_aP 381.A75 _b.H174 1988
100			_aHamblin, Charles _948390
245		0	_aLanguages of Asia : _ba travellers' phrasebook.
264			_aAustralia : _bAngus & Robertson, _c[1988];copyright 1988
300			_aviii, 289 pages _c22 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_a First published in Australia by Angus & robertson as "Languages of Asia and the Pacific."
520			_aThis book makes possible basic communication with most of the population of Asia. it is complementary to books such as the excellent 'Languages of Europe' of Archibald Lyall or one of its successors. In fact, it follows Lyall's format, though it gives more grammar. Basic communication with Asians is neither nor more difficult than with anyone else. To learn a language thoroughly takes years of study, but you can be speaking a sentence or two within five minutes. You do not have to start with a new alphabet or difficult phonetics. You may need to form some new habits of pronunciation, but they are hardly more difficult than those required for, say, French.
650			_aAsia _2sears
942			_cIRC
999			_c60067 _d60067