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Chitchat : celebrating the world's languages / written by Jude Isabella ; illustrated by Kathy Boake.

Chit chat (other title)
Isabella, Jude. (Author). Boake, Kathy. (Added Author).

Summary:

How did language come to be? Why can we speak, while cats and dogs can't? When, how, and where did our 7,000 world languages come from? Isabella looks at languages-- spoken, written and signed-- to find out where they came from and how they're changing.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781554537877
  • ISBN: 1554537878
  • Physical Description: 44 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto, ON ; Kids Can Press, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Let's chitchat -- Speak up! -- Language is... -- How language came to be -- Talking in (genetic) code -- Language families -- The sky is...black -- Language extinction -- Languages in danger -- Saving languages -- How languages morph -- Where do words come from? -- Out with the old... -- ...and in with the new -- Slanguistics -- Invented languages -- Written language -- Which alphabet? -- Unspoken languages -- The last word.
Target Audience Note:
930L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 6.3 2 160219.
Subject:
Language and languages > Juvenile literature.

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520 . ‡aHow did language come to be? Why can we speak, while cats and dogs can't? When, how, and where did our 7,000 world languages come from? Isabella looks at languages-- spoken, written and signed-- to find out where they came from and how they're changing.
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