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It's never a good idea to be overlyreliant on technology while traveling! Look-up words quickly and easily with this Korean travel dictionary.Tuttle's Mini Korean Dictionary is ideal for any application where a handy and portable dictionary is required...

This travel-sized Mandarin dictionary is ideal for any application where a handy and portable dictionary is required. Proving that big things come in small packages, Mini Mandarin Chinese Dictionary is packed with everything users need...

The Second 100 Chinese Characters adopts a structural approach that helps students to learn, recognize and write the second 100 most common Chinese characters. Intended for beginning Chinese students, the characters listed have been...

This Korean picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Korean words and phrases. This illustrated dictionary presents the 1,500 Korean words and sentences that students need to know to pass the TOPIK proficiency exam. The handy format and...

Mandarin Chinese Characters Fast Finder is a study aid that lets you look up Chinese characters quickly and intuitively from their appearance alone, without knowing their pronunciation, radical or stroke count. This reference book has been designed for...

Kanji (Japanese characters) are a fascinating, but frustrating part of the Japanese language. In particular looking up kanji in a traditional dictionary can be a nightmare as there is no 'alphabetical order'. With Kanji Fast Finder you can find a kanji...

The Tuttle Pocket Mandarin Chinese Dictionary is the most up-to-date Chinese-English/English Chinese dictionary available today. It contains a comprehensive range of contemporary Chinese words and expressions including IT and social media terms.This...

This practical Burmese phrasebook and dictionary puts all the most important Burmese words and phrases in the palm of your hand. It contains all the necessary words and phrases for speaking Burmese in any kind of setting. Perfect for students, tourists,...

Making Out in Thai is a fun, accessible and thorough guide to Thai as it's really spoken in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and throughout Thailand. This new edition has been updated and expanded to be even more helpful as a guide to modern colloquial Thai for use...

The Tuttle Compact Chinese Dictionary is a completely new reference dictionary designed for English speakers who are learning or using Chinese as a foreign language. It contains more than 48,000 words and expressions, including all the words...

This is a complete beginning-level course for written Mandarin Chinese designed to teach you to read and write Mandarin quickly and effectively! The Basic Mandarin Chinese series offers a complete introductory course superior to any other language...

This is a complete and easytouse guide for reading and writing traditional Chinese characters.Reading and Writing Chinese has been the leading text for foreign students and teachers of the Chinese writing system since it was first...

Look-up words quickly and easily with this travel-sized Cantonese phrasebook and dictionary.Essential Cantonese Phrasebook & Dictionary clearly and concisely presents all the everyday words, phrases, and expressions you need when travelling to Hong...

The Essential Thai Phrasebook and Dictionary includes simple sentences used when meeting people, starting conversations, as well as a basic grammar and pronunciation guide to help you start speaking Thai right away. This handy format is updated with the...

This user-friendly Chinese phrasebook and dictionary presents the practical language of everyday interactions, conveyed in a way that's clear, concise, accessible and enjoyable. Perfect for business people or tourist traveling to China or for students...

Essential Burmese Phrasebook & Dictionary presents the practical language of everyday interactions, conveyed in a way that's clear, concise, accessible and enjoyable. It includes all the most common sentences used when meeting people,...

Essential Korean Phrasebook & Dictionary teaches you the practical phrases and expressions needed for common, everyday interactions in Korea in a way that's clear, concise, accessible and enjoyable. Key features of this Korean phrasebook and...

This is the most uptodate and complete Vietnamese to English dictionary available.It is designed primarily for the growing number of students of Vietnamese who need a good and reliable VietnameseEnglish dictionary. Although it is...

This is the most up to date and complete English to Vietnamese dictionary available. It is designed primarily for the growing number of students of Vietnamese who need a good and reliable English Vietnamese dictionary. Although it is targeted mainly at...

Beginner's Mandarin Chinese Dictionary is specifically designed for beginning students of Chinese. It covers the 2,500 basic vocabulary items, including all vocabulary prescribed for Levels 1-5 of the standard test of proficiency in...

The Tuttle ChineseEnglish Dictionary provides clear and accurate definitions in idiomatic English for the 18,000 most common Chinese vocabulary items (characters and compounds), including all words required for the official...

This Mandarin picture dictionary covers the 1,200 most useful Mandarin Chinese words and sentences. Each word and sentence is given in Chinese characters with Hanyu Pinyin pronunciation and English definition. The words are grouped into 37 themes or...

Covers the 11,000 most important contemporary Chinese and English words in one compact volume.  Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary has both Chinese to English and English to Chinese sections. It's compact size allows for easy transport...

The Survival Arabic Phrasebook & Dictionary contains all the necessary vocabulary and phrases in Modern Standard Arabic, so users will be able to communicate with most people in Arabic-speaking countries. Perfect for students, tourists and...

Tuttle Concise Indonesian Dictionary has both Indonesian to English and English to Indonesian sections. Its compact size allows for easy transport without limiting the content. This Indonesian dictionary is perfect for Indonesian language students, or...

Tuttle's Mini Burmese Dictionary is the most up-to-date Burmese dictionary available and is ideal for any application where a handy, portable dictionary is required. This powerful pocket reference contains the following special features:...

This powerful pocket reference contains the following essential features: Bidirectional English-Hindi and Hindi-English sections Over 10,000 essential words, idioms, and expressions Headwords printed in bold for quick and easy reference Hindi...

The Tuttle Pocket Hindi Dictionary is the most up-to-date and portable Hindi-English and English-Hindi dictionary available today. It contains a comprehensive range of contemporary Hindi vocabulary and phrases including Internet and...

Pocket Tagalog Dictionary is the most up-to-date Tagalog pocket dictionary available. It contains a comprehensive range of contemporary Tagalog words and expressions, including the latest Internet and social media vocabulary. This dictionary is...

This unique, ambitious and entertaining book presents twenty-nine scripts in detail and offers examples of a hundred more. Written in nontechnical prose and organized into brief but comprehensive sections, it will serve as a handy reference for world...

The Periplus Pocket Cantonese Dictionary is a convenient and handy pocket-sized dictionary that contains the most common Cantonese words you will need to use and understand, whether as a traveler or as a beginner in the early stages of...

Look up words quickly and easily with this travel-sized Vietnamese dictionary. Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people traveling to Vietnam Pocket Vietnamese Dictionary is an essential tool for communication...

It's never a good idea to be overly relient on technology while travelling! Look up words quickly and easily with this great travel-sized Korean dictionary. Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people traveling to Korea Pocket Korean...

Learn Bengali with this complete course, now with free audio download!Spoken by over 200 million people worldwide, Bengali (Bangla) is an official language of Bangladesh and India. It is an Indo-Aryan language that descended from Sanskrit and has a rich...

Learn Georgian with this complete course, now with free audio download!Spoken by over 3.5 million people worldwide, Georgian is an official language of the country Georgia, located in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. It is an Kartvelian language that is...

Brazilian Portuguese, the fifth most widely spoken language in the world, is written and spoken by over 200 million inhabitants of Brazil as well as by several million Brazilian emigrants in other parts of the world, including over one million Brazilian...

Zulu is spoken by approximately 16 million people worldwide. Over 10 million of these speakers are in South Africa, where the Zulu are the largest cultural subgroup in the country. This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to South Africa with...

Oromo is spoken as a first language by more than 25 million Oromo and neighboring peoples in Ethiopia and Kenya. Oromo is the fourth most widely spoken language in Africa. Also known as Afaan Oromo, Oromiffa(a), and sometimes in other languages by...

An up-to-date resource for students and heritage speakers of Khmer, the national language of Cambodia. Khmer is the second most spoken Austroasiatic language after Vietnamese, with 16 million native speakers and an estimated additional million second...

A Hippocrene Trilingual ReferenceQuechua is a Native American language spoken by nearly 10 million people, primarily in the Andes region of South America. It is best known as the language of the ancient Inca empire. Alongside Spanish, Quechua is an...

The most up-to-date two-way Icelandic dictionary available, from the author of popular textbook Beginner's Icelandic!Icelandic is a North-Germanic language related to Norwegian, Danish and Swedish. The language can be traced back to Old Norse brought by...

The Akan language is a group of dialects within the larger Niger-Congo language, whose other branches include Swahili, Yoruba, Igbo and Zulu. The subgroup of Akan known as Twi includes the dialects of Akuapem and Asante. This guide features Asante Twi...

A comprehensive, up-to-date Cantonese reference for students and travelers from a trusted name in foreign language study. Spoken by nearly 60 million people, Cantonese rivals Mandarin as the lingua franca of both south China and of the worldwide Chinese...

This handy dictionary and phrasebook provides practical vocabulary and pronunciation tools to help students, travelers, or businesspeople communicate when visiting Yiddish communities in Jerusalem, London, New York, and many other major cities around the...

Nepali is the official language of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan and parts of India and Myanmar (Burma). There are an estimated 17 million speakers of Nepali worldwide, including 11 million speakers within Nepal. Home to Mount Everest and the...

Farsi is the official language of Iran, where over 67 million people speak its standard form. This phrase book and dictionary contains all the essential aspects of the language, detailing the alphabet and grammar, as well as listing a number of...

The Swahili-speaking coast of Africa has many attractions: its beaches, safaris, and great cultural diversity. This dictionary and phrasebook contains all of the vocabulary and phrases necessary to communicate in Swahili, the most widely spoken African...

Pulaar is a Fula language spoken by over 6.3 million people, primarily in Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania. Pulaar is now written in the Latin and Adlam scripts but was once written in an Arabic script.This first-of-its kind bilingual dictionary...