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Post by lillielangtry on Aug 11, 2013 10:07:11 GMT -5
A map of the world with each country labelled in its own language. Pretty cool. endonymmap.com/ |
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Aug 11, 2013 20:16:42 GMT -5
That is cool, and rather fun to check out
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Post by riverhorse on Aug 12, 2013 4:06:11 GMT -5
Hmmm, I disagree with the Belgian one - the country has 3 official languages so it should be in Flemish, French and German. Likewise Switzerland with its 4 official languages...
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Post by MacademiaNut on Aug 12, 2013 4:15:58 GMT -5
There'd be an argument on the Indian language -- Hindi and English (languages in which the union government works)? Or Hindi, English, and 20 other languages that have official status?
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Aug 12, 2013 5:24:25 GMT -5
This inspired me to go and look at a map with the different language groups in Australia. Apparently there isn't a definitive map and the boundaries aren't clear, but again, something interesting to look at. www.abc.net.au/indigenous/map/default.htm |
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Post by lillielangtry on Aug 12, 2013 9:29:31 GMT -5
Yes, he says:
"In cases where a country has more than one national or official language, the language that is most widely used by the local population is shown...
One big change I am exploring is the inclusion of minority language endonyms in some fashion. It bugs me as much as you that places like South Africa and India have a dozen or so recognized languages, but there's only room on the map for one."
(As least India is doing better for space than either Belgium or Switzerland!)
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Aug 12, 2013 9:45:15 GMT -5
Good one HD, but that one misses the Yaegl at the mouth of the Clarence River.
As for the endonym map, apart from the distortion of the Pacific Islands countries, there would be no room for the 80 languages of Solomon Islands, and even more of Vanuatu.
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