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The map of languages

January 25, 2015 by EmmaP Leave a Comment

I love this hand-drawn map of Indo-European languages. Created by the Finnish-Swedish designer and author behind the web-comic StandStillStaySilent, this is a beautiful visualisation of how the languages relate to each other.

I like how the Celtic branch hangs, slightly randomly, below Albanian, but it’s a little strange that Gaelic is listed as one language, no differentiation between Scots-Gaelic and Irish (the other Scots is included close to English, being a variation of it).

Also very interesting to consider that Arabic and Hebrew, and variations thereof, are not part of this family tree but comprise their own.

Enjoy as you will! Map of Indo-European Languages

 


 

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