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100 wonder-filled word puzzles that thrill and tantalize with the beauty, magic, and weirdness of world language Whether youre a crossword solver, cryptogram fan, Scrabble addict, or Sudoku savant, The Language Lovers Puzzle Book is guaranteed to tease your brain and twist your tongue. Puzzle master Alex Bellos begins in Japan, where we can observe some curious counting: boru niko = two balls tsuna nihon = two ropes uma nito = two horses kami nimai = two sheets of paper ashi gohon = five legs ringo goko = five apples sara gomai = five plates kaba goto = five hippos Now, how do the Japanese say nine cucumbers?* a) kyuri kyuhon b) kyuri kyuko c) kyuri kyuhiki d) kyuri kyuto Bellos finds the intrigue--and the human element--in a dizzying array of ancient, modern, and even invented tongues, from hieroglyphs to Blissymbolics, Danish to Dothraki. Filled with unusual alphabets, fascinating characters, and intriguing local customs for time-telling, naming children, and more, this is a bravura book of brainteasers and beyond--its a globe-trotting, time-traveling celebration of language. *The word endings depend on shape: Flat things end in -mai and spherical things end in -ko. Cucumbers are long things (like ropes and legs), so they end in -hon. The answer is (a)!Book specifications:Collection: Alex Bellos Puzzle BooksDimensions: 228 x 152Author: Alex BellosCover type: PaperbackPublishing Year: 2021Publishing Month: 11Pages: 416Language: EnglishPublisher: ExperimentWeight: 499 g
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