Bengali, an official language of Bangladesh and India, is the seventh most-spoken language in the world, with nearly 230 million total speakers. Travelers who like to venture off the beaten path...
After more than a decade of independence from the Soviet Union, this Baltic country is hoping to join the European Union in the near future. A compact grammar section and a pronunciation guide are...
Four-character idioms, also known as chengyu, are key components of the Chinese language and culture, many conveying important lessons and social values that stretch back over 3,000 years of...
Hausa is the Chadic (branch of the Afroasiatic language family) language of the Hausa people, one of the largest ethnic groups in Central Africa. Hausa is spoken as a first language aby over 27...
Uighur (Uyghur) is a Turkic language with almost 9 million native speakers, the majority residing in the Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang in western China. It is also spoken in Kazakhstan,...
This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to South India with the tools they need to communicate in Telugu and experience the regional fully. The bilingual dictionary has a concise...
Shona, or ChiShona, a Bantu language spoken żeby eight million people in Zimbabwe and Mozambique, is the official and most widely-spoken language of Zimbabwe. Designed for the traveler, this...
Includes useful vocabulary and expressions for the traveller, an introduction to the Hungarian language, a practical conversation guide, and index of Hungarian geographical names.
This combination Tigrinya phrasebook and two-way Tigrinya-English dictionary is an essential reference while traveling in Eritrea and Ethiopia. The Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook series...
The essential Somali language resource Somali is an Afroasiatic language with approximately 15 million speakers worldwide. It is spoken primarily in Somalia, but also in Somaliland, Ethiopia,...
This compact language and travel guide provides information to the western Indian state of Gujarat. Perfect for travelers, relief workers and language enthusisasts.
There are about 88 million native Punjabi speakers worldwide, making it the 10th most spoken language in the world. Punjabi is also the official language for Sikh religious ceremonies. This...
Lingala is spoken in Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola in Africa. This book includes 4,000 dictionary entries in Lingala-English and English-Lingala, phonetics that are intuitive for English...
Chewa (also known as Chichewa, Chinyanja, or Nyanja) is a Bantu language spoken żeby about 12 million people worldwide, mostly in southeastern Africa. It is the official language of Malawi, and is...
The Akan language is a group of dialects within the larger Niger-Congo language family, whose other branches include Swahili, Yoruba, Igbo, Fula, and Zulu. The subgroup of Akan known as Twi...
Over 5 million people speak Wolof in the Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania. It is the language spoken aby businesspeople in these countries and has become increasingly prevalent in the area's...
This handy reference includes more than 6,000 dictionary entries; a phrasebook with helpful chapters on topics like money, shopping, accommodations, transportation and emergencies; easy-to-read...
Farsi, also known as Persian, is the official language of Iran. This bilingual dictionary of the Persian language contains over 8,000 total entries. For use żeby both native English and Farsi...
Kikongo (also known as Kongo) is a Bantu language spoken by over 5 million people worldwide, mostly aby the Kongo and Ndundu people living in the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of the...
Fulani is a language widely spoken across about 20 countries in West and Central Africa (including Senegal, Guinea, Gambia, Cameroon, and Sudan) aby people who call themselves Fulɓe, also known as...
This compendium of Ukrainian cookery contains more than just your typical babka and borshch--it features more than 200 authentic Ukranian recipes with the special touch that, until now, only a...
Croatia offers a sunny Adriatic coastline and breath-taking scenery, as well as a distinctive culinary tradition that combines central European, Mediterranean, and Near Eastern influences. This...
Basque is an ancient language still spoken in regions of northern Spain and southwestern France--in and around the Pyrenees Mountains. This book provides the reader with essential vocabulary and...