Mixed artificial languages. By Alan Libert. (Languages of the world 29.) Munich: LINCOM Europa, 2003. Pp. v, 106. ISBN 3895868442. $55.20 (Hb).

Reviewed by: Language policy, planning, & practice: A South Asian perspective ed. by Sabiha Mansoor, Shaheen Meraj, and Aliya Tahir Alan S. Kaye Language policy, planning, & practice: A South Asian perspective. Ed. by Sabiha Mansoor, Shaheen Meraj, and Aliya Tahir. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. xxv, 264. ISBN 0195799658. $29.95. This excellent book is a compilation of selected papers presented at a 2001 conference at the Aga [End Page 207] Khan University. It is conveniently divided into four sections, the first two of which are devoted to issues related to language policy and planning in South Asia. Of great importance is Zobaida Jalal Khan’s ‘Language policy in Pakistan’. As the Pakistani Minister of Education, she argues for the…