The Language Lover's Puzzle Book: A World Tour of Languages and Alphabets in 100 Amazing Puzzles

by Alex Bellos

Book Overview

Whether you're a crossword solver, cryptogram fan, Scrabble addict, or Sudoku savant, The Language Lover's 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1615198040
• ISBN13: 9781615198047
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Experiment
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"