How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention audiobook runs 13.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Jonathan Yen (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 13.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 13.2 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the World shelf
930 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention is an audiobook by Daniel L. Everett: a 13.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Yen, released March 20, 2018, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Yen
- Released
- March 20, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781977376848
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention audiobook?
How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention runs 13.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.
Is the How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention?
How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention is narrated by Jonathan Yen.
Is How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.