How long does it take to read Empires of the Word?
A Language History of the World
Nicholas Ostler
Empires of the Word by Nicholas Ostler takes about 11 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 26 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2005. 624 pages, about 171,600 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Historical linguistics, Langage et langues, Linguistique historique
