Empires of the Word

A Language History of the World

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Empires of the Word

A Language History of the World

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Publisher
Harper Perennial
Language
English
Pages
640

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

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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."

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7285284M
ISBN 10
0060935723
ISBN 13
9780060935726
OCLC/WorldCat
70855315
Library Thing
49772
Goodreads
166433

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