13 new fromcdn 1460 nicholas ostlers empires of the wordis the first history of the worlds 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. Nicholas ostlers empires of the word is the first history of the worlds 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. Empires of the word a language history of the world by ostler nicholas publication date 2005 topics language and languages historical linguistics publisher new york harpercollins publishers collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks china digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english includes bibliographical references p 579 589 . Empires of the word a language history of the world by nicholas ostler on sale 02 25 2010