a. I knew I was forgetting some Frenchies somewhere....
b. Alright, couldn't find my original source there either, removed.
Yeah, that was a mistake. Na-Dene has been added now.
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a. I knew I was forgetting some Frenchies somewhere....
b. Alright, couldn't find my original source there either, removed.
Yeah, that was a mistake. Na-Dene has been added now.
Here's my progress in South America.
I feel the need to quote Beedok right now:
Anyway, as always, comments and constructive criticism are much appreciated to make sure this map isn't one big lie.
I feel the need to quote Beedok right now:
Anyway, as always, comments and constructive criticism are much appreciated to make sure this map isn't one big lie.
Very impressive work. (I'm not so great at judging distances in Qbam, otherwise I would be helping out more.)
I did see something on Hamilton about it having Francophone services that a community in Ontario needs to have if over 10% Francophone or has a population of Francophones above 5000 (or similar such numbers). Hamilton exceeds the 5000 minimum rather than the percentage number, much as Toronto does. That might have been the source of confusion.
I did see something on Hamilton about it having Francophone services that a community in Ontario needs to have if over 10% Francophone or has a population of Francophones above 5000 (or similar such numbers). Hamilton exceeds the 5000 minimum rather than the percentage number, much as Toronto does. That might have been the source of confusion.
I had one of Czechoslovakia in the 20s or 30s. Haven't done the whole of Europe yet though.
EDIT: Here's the post
Well, this fizzled out.
I'm going to make more maps though.
Like this!
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I was mainly looking for the situation in Hungary and Romania, but it's a beginning at least!
Hey, just a tip for South America: the rural areas of Corrientes Province in Argentina speak Guarani, though it is difficult to map since most people are bilingual and only speak it at home or in limited context. Also the border areas of both Corrientes and Misiones speak Portuñol: a pigdin Spanish/Portuguese, altough I realize they aren't differentiated in this map. The natives of the western parts of Chaco and Formosa also speak the Guaicuruan language family though they are also bilingual. Unlike Corrientes, where most rural people speak Guarani or at least has loanwords from it regardless of ancestry, there's a sharper differentiation in Chaco and Formosa between natives and criollos (or European inmigrants). While the European descendants speak Spanish almost exclusively, the native Qom people do still speak their own languages asides from Spanish.
Excellent work, though I'm afraid I don't have much more comments.
Excellent work, though I'm afraid I don't have much more comments.
feel free to make QBAM map
He means it's old. Looks 1920s-ish to me.
it is a map about the language situation approx 1930.
probably a map made just before the war
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This map is terribly inaccurate.
It doesn't seem very accurate to me, even if it were a map of 1920. Atleast for Ireland, Spain and Turkey.
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A little nitpick on the qbam, which looks really good in general
Some Pacific islands (New Caledonia, south-east New Guinea and Vanuatu) have the Romance/Germanic colours (that I guess would be the official languages) when the local languages are widely spoken in these areas.
I was thinking there should be at least stripes of the local languages on these islands, if not removing the foreign ones entirely
Some Pacific islands (New Caledonia, south-east New Guinea and Vanuatu) have the Romance/Germanic colours (that I guess would be the official languages) when the local languages are widely spoken in these areas.
I was thinking there should be at least stripes of the local languages on these islands, if not removing the foreign ones entirely
The one in Algeria, I think, is supposed to represent the Korandje Language of Tabelbala (Which makes sense given that it has the same colour as the other Nilo-Saharan Languages).
But the one in Saudi Arabia doesn't seem to have any meaning.
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Ireland looks pretty accurate actually. The thing to remember is that at no point in the last century has 'Irish speaking population' been synonymous with 'Catholic' or 'Nationalist' population- though in Northern Ireland the Nationalists have tended to learn the language and become part of the former. The Irish language was very heavily promoted by nationalists (some of whom were not native speakers) to try and 'restore' Irish culture after independence.
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