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Cover of: Empires of the Word
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
June 27, 2006, Harper Perennial
Paperback in English
Cover of: Empires of the Word
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
June 27, 2006, Harper Perennial
in English
Cover of: Empires of the Word
Empires of the Word
February 21, 2005, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Cover of: Empires of the Word
Empires of the Word
February 21, 2005, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Cover of: Empires of the Word
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
in English - 1st American ed.

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First Sentence

"From the language point of view, the present population of the world is not six billion, but something over six thousand."

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
624
Dimensions
9.2 x 6.4 x 1.9 inches
Weight
1.8 pounds

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL9216237M
ISBN 10
0007118708
ISBN 13
9780007118700
LibraryThing
49772
Goodreads
2138629

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL5846524W

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