The Language Lover s Puzzle Book

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'Alex Bellos is a wizard.' - Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist

The Language Lover's Puzzle Book is a book of more than 100 surprising and entertaining puzzles that celebrate the amazing diversity of the world of words and language.

Featuring a huge variety of ancient, modern and even invented languages, this collection of problems will introduce you to unusual alphabets and scripts, curious vocabularies and phonologies, and global variations in simple behaviours like counting, telling the time, and naming children.

Whether you are a crossword solver, a code-breaker or a Scrabble addict, these puzzles are guaranteed to twist your tongue and sharpen your mind.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781783352197
Published: October 2021

Number of pages: 416
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 25 mm

Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing