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<p> Nicholas Ostler's <i>Empires of the Word</i> is the first history of the world's great tongues, gloriously celebrating the wonder of words that binds communities together and makes possible both the living of a common history and the telling of it. From the uncanny resilience of Chinese through twenty centuries of invasions to the engaging self-regard of Greek and to the struggles that gave birth to the languages of modern Europe, these epic achievements and more are brilliantly explored, as

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Author

Ostler, Nicholas [Ostler, Nicholas]

Publisher

Harper Collins, Inc.

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780007118700

Category

reference

Subjects

History, Historical Fiction, Linguistics

Rating

4.04 / 5 (64 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13