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Book Title: Indo-European And Its Closest Relatives: The Eurasiatic Lang...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Joseph H. Greenberg
Publication Name: Indo-European and Its Closest Relatives : the Eurasiatic Language Family, Volume 2, Lexicon
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2002
Type: Language Course
Item Weight: 16.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
