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008			060123s1984 000 0 eng d
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040			_erda
050			_aP 381.A75 _b.H174 1984
100			_aHamblin, Charles _948390
245		0	_aLanguages of Asia & the Pacific _cby Charles Hamblin.
264			_aAustralia : _bAngus & Robertson, _c[1984];copyright 1984
300			_a416 pages _c19 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aLanguages of a Asia & the Pacific : a phrasebook for travellers and students --COVER.
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
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