02266cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000060010610000310011224500300014326400510017330000470022433600260027133700260029733800360032350000310035950801850039052011290057553400590170465300430176385600840180685600430189099900190193370957UtSlPG20260610134636.0mcr n260607r20231873utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aP1 aBonwick, James,d1817-190614aThe treasury of languages 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2023  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2023-06-10  aBrian Coe, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"The Treasury of Languages: A Rudimentary Dictionary of Universal Philology" is a reference work written in the late 19th century. This comprehensive volume serves as a dictionary and encyclopedia that aims to outline various languages from around the world and their characteristics, focusing on their philology and geographical distribution. The text likely appeals to linguists, scholars, and those interested in the complexities of language and its historical and cultural contexts.  The opening of this dictionary begins with a transcriber's note, explaining formatting details and acknowledgments to previous works that contributed to the compilation. The introduction then delves into the geographical distribution of languages, especially highlighting the linguistic diversity of Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania. It discusses the classification of languages within these regions, offering a systematic approach to understanding their connections and distinctions, which sets the stage for the subsequent dictionary entries that detail specific languages and dialects. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited Kingdom: Hall & Co, 1873  aLanguage and languages -- Dictionaries4 uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t02z14b4h&view=1up&seq=9040uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70957  c111683d111683