Welcome to Europe as you've never known it before, seen through the
peculiarities of its languages and dialects. Combining linguistics
and cultural history, Gaston Dorren takes us on an intriguing tour
of the continent, from Proto-Indo-European (the common ancestor of
most European languages) to the rise and rise of English, via the
complexities of Welsh plurals and Czech pronunciation. Along the
way we learn why Esperanto will never catch on, how the language of
William the Conqueror lives on in the Channel Islands and why
Finnish is the easiest European language. Surprising, witty and
full of extraordinary facts, this book will change the way you
think about the languages around you. Polyglot Gaston Dorren might
even persuade you that English is like Chinese.
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