Tohi Vagahau Niue is a significant new dictionary detailing the Polynesian language of Niue, and will benefit Niuean studies for years to come.

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A Stanford University Press classic.

In The Origins of English Words, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the often devious, always fascinating, process by which some of their offshoots have grown.

This well-illustrated volume provides the best collection of Etruscan inscriptions and texts currently in print.

Romani has many dialects and no standard written form.

The scripts are explained in an appendix at the end of the book.

This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in historical linguistics.

Since the start of publication, as evidenced by frequency of reference and quotation, this work has become an important tool for study and research in Hittite, Ancient Anatolian, and Indo-European linguistics.

In this new edition, every single entry has been reviewed and updated with reference to new developments and publications.