Linguistic Map Thread

Beedok · Jun 16, 2012

For all your linguistic needs. Historical or modern, post it here! (I'll attempt to convert it to UCS too, unless you want to.)

Here's a map to start us off (yes, very WIP):

Wendell · Jun 16, 2012

This is good so far, but I cannot tell if you've included the Turcoman pockets in northern Iraq.

Beedok · Jun 16, 2012

Wendell said:
This is good so far, but I cannot tell if you've included the Turcoman pockets in northern Iraq.

I don't think so. I am going to find a more iraq specific map soon though. If you have a good one feel free to link or attach.

Finn · Jun 16, 2012

Maybe it's just my monitor, but Uralic and Altaic look the same color. If they are truly the same color, you should know that the link between those families is an old theory that has never been confirmed.

Beedok · Jun 16, 2012

Finn said:
Maybe it's just my monitor, but Uralic and Altaic look the same color. If they are truly the same color, you should know that the link between those families is an old theory that has never been confirmed.

Altaic is TACOS Turkey, Uralic is TACOS Hungary.

Chairwoman Roxelana · Jun 16, 2012

Beedok said:
For all your linguistic needs. Historical or modern, post it here! (I'll attempt to convert it to UCS too, unless you want to.)

Here's a map to start us off (yes, very WIP):

Could you find your other linguistic map, with all the languages labeled? I can`t seem to find the finished one.

Beedok · Jun 16, 2012

TurkishCapybara said:
Could you find your other linguistic map, with all the languages labeled? I can`t seem to find the finished one.

Yeah, I've abandoned that one. NUCS was what I was using, but due to it getting updated I have dozens of specks of colours that are impossible to identify, thus making labelling impossible.

Chairwoman Roxelana · Jun 16, 2012

Beedok said:
Yeah, I've abandoned that one. NUCS was what I was using, but due to it getting updated I have dozens of specks of colours that are impossible to identify, thus making labelling impossible.

When I meant "languages labeled" I meant it had all of the languages on it, rather than by language family.

I need it for TIDH, as Persia magically transforms into the Mid-Eastern Confederation (With Ethnic Provinces!), because of a Baloch Rebellion in the South joining India in it`s plans for a united South Asia.

Beedok · Jun 16, 2012

TurkishCapybara said:
When I meant "languages labeled" I meant it had all of the languages on it, rather than by language family.

I need it for TIDH.

That one? I suppose the major languages are clear.

Wendell · Jun 16, 2012

I like the color scheme being used thus far for the language families map. It is arguably a good think that the Uralic and Turkic language families look to be similar in color.

Chairwoman Roxelana · Jun 16, 2012

Beedok said:
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Your map is confusing me, because it seems the Ethnic Groups of Iran speak Persian along with an ethnic language (and Luri is not labeled)

This is what I could make:

LSCatilina · Jun 16, 2012

Beedok said:
World map languages

My eyes hurt so much before what Europe is.

Beedok · Jun 16, 2012

TurkishCapybara said:
Your map is confusing me, because it seems the Ethnic Groups of Iran speak Persian along with an ethnic language (and Luri is not labeled)

This is what I could make:

On the old map or the new one?

LSCatilina said:
My eyes hurt so much before what Europe is.

On the old map or the new one?

Chairwoman Roxelana · Jun 16, 2012

Beedok said:
On the old map or the new one?

On the old map or the new one?

The Old one, as it is the only would that could even slightly help, as it shows singular languages.

The Old one, as it is the most colourful, and an intense amount of colour results in pain to some people.

LSCatilina · Jun 16, 2012

Beedok said:
On the old map or the new one?

The last you put : it looks like someone took EVERY revendication for a language without selecting between them (using linguistics by exemple, or simple reflexion) and represented every lunatic pseudo-language.

Besides you have a total mess with showing aeras where languages are traditionally spoken, and in the same times (for other languages) only where they are the most spoken today.

Gian · Jun 16, 2012

Beedok said:
That one? I suppose the major languages are clear.

Can you make a Q-BAM version of this?

Beedok · Jun 16, 2012

Gian said:
Can you make a Q-BAM version of this?

That would be an . . . undertaking. (To make the understatement of the year!)

Perhaps eventually we can get a nice collabrative project going to do that.

LSCatilina · Jun 16, 2012

Beedok said:
That would be an . . . undertaking. (To make the understatement of the year!)

Perhaps eventually we can get a nice collabrative project going to do that.

And maybe making some correct, or at least corrected version of worlda before thinking about putting these information in Q-BAM.

For continue with the understatment, "correct" there means deleting half of things to remake again.

Chairwoman Roxelana · Jun 16, 2012

Beedok said:
That would be an . . . undertaking. (To make the understatement of the year!)

Perhaps eventually we can get a nice collabrative project going to do that.

I can help you!

I tried working on it once.

Beedok · Jun 16, 2012

TurkishCapybara said:
I can help you!

I tried working on it once.

Very well, we can get to work on the grand project then. Which parts of the world do you want?

Also, what will be our "uninhabited" cut off density? (We should probably have a universal one so that we don't have to wonder if two maps are equally strict or not)