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Mapping Language: Europe, 1730
The folks at Strange Maps today feature an ethnolinguistic map of Europe from 1730. The alphabets circling the map are of particular interest, as is the apparent color-coding of different linguistic regions. The map also uses the beginning of the Lord's Prayer (a common starting point for documenting and comparing European languages at the time) to denote each region. (SUZANNE)
Tags: ethnolinguistics, European languages
January 8, 2008
