{"id":1291,"date":"2008-02-21T10:26:11","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T15:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/02\/21\/1291\/"},"modified":"2009-09-10T10:48:44","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T14:48:44","slug":"languages-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/02\/21\/1291\/","title":{"rendered":"Map of the Languages of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following up yesterday’s posting about languages, I am posting this map I found on Wikipedia<\/a> that shows where different languages are spoken throughout Europe. I find this type of map quite interesting to view, yet I feel it lacks one important cartographic aspect: overlap. Basically, the simplified map above does not show where multiple languages are spoken, rather only where the dominant languages are. By not including this important aspect we are given a nicely colored map, yet in reality there is a lot more merging of colors because there are geographies that have multiple languages spoken.<\/p>\n

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It’s too bad I don’t know Hebrew because tonight’s exhibition<\/a> will most likely include some Hebrew on maps of Israel.<\/p>\n

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#UPDATE<\/b> – I have updated the map to the latest version on Wikipedia, which was made in February 25, 2009.<\/p>\n

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