How long does it take to read Writing Systems?
Geoffrey Sampson
Writing Systems by Geoffrey Sampson takes about 4 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1985. 234 pages, about 64,350 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Linguistics, Writing, Typology (Linguistics), Written communication, History, Typologie
