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Language

Atlas of languages
English: A language is a system, used for communication, comprising a finite set of arbitrary symbols and a set of rules (or grammar) by which the manipulation of these symbols is governed. These symbols can be combined productively to convey new information, distinguishing languages from other forms of communication. The word language (without an article) can also refer to the use of such systems as a phenomenon.

Francais: Le langage est la faculte de mettre en œuvre un systeme de signes linguistiques (qui constituent la langue) permettant la communication et l'expression de la pensee, ce qui est privatif des humains, et des sentiments, ce qui est commun aux animaux. La linguistique est l'etude scientifique du langage.

Espanol: Como concepto general, el lenguaje engloba a distintos medios utilizados para sostener la comunicacion. El lenguaje verbal emplea signos que transmiten significados y que pueden articularse formando estructuras complejas que adquieren nuevas capacidades de significacion (morfemas, palabras, oraciones, parrafos, textos). Filosofos como Martin Heidegger consideran que el lenguaje propiamente dicho es solo privativo del hombre. Es famosa su tesis segun la cual el lenguaje es la casa del ser (Haus des Seins) y la morada de la esencia del hombre.

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中文: 正常的人?都具有??的能力,但是任何人都必?通???才能?得?言能力。?于?言??非常??、重要的?念,是??被?楚定?的。然而大部分人都?同意,?言是一套通?表示方法和合乎??的?法?成的?行?通和推理的系?。?多?言通?手?、?音、符?和文字???,目的是交流?念、意?、思想和含?等。?言?就是我?在???分語言間的異同而發展出來的。

Русский: Язы?к ? система знаков, предназначенная для фиксации, переработки и передачи сведений от одного субъекта к другому.


Maps of languages

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English: Current distribution of Human Language Families
Francais : Distribution actuelle de familles linquistique
Espanol: Distribucion actual de las familias linguisticas
English: Language groups
Francais : Familles linguistiques
Espanol: Familias linguisticas
Deutsch: Karte auf Deutsch
English: Map in German
Francais : Carte en allemand
Espanol: Mapa en aleman
Espanol: Idiomas del mundo
English: Languages of the world (map in Spanish)
English: Writing systems of the world
Francais : Systemes d'ecriture du monde
Espanol: Los sistemas de escritura del mundo
English: Writing systems of the world
Francais : Systemes d'ecriture du monde
Espanol: Los sistemas de escritura del mundo
English: Orange: countries with a majority of speakers of Indo-European languages , Yellow: countries with an IE minority language with official status
Francais : Le monde francophone
English: Francophone world
Espanol: El mundo francofono
Espanol: Mundo hispanohablante. Ver la leyenda para obtener una lista detallada de las fuentes utilizadas para generar el mapa.
English: Hispanophone world. See the legend for a detailed list of sources used to make the map
Francais : Le monde hispanophone
English: Countries traditionally considered the Core of the Hispanidad. (Note that this is not the same as the Hispanophone.) See the legend for a detailed list of countries.
English: Countries where English is an official language.
中文: ?家,英?是官方?言。
Espanol: Paises donde el Ingles es un idioma oficial.
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Deutsch: Deutschsprachige lander
English: German speaking countries
English: Portuguese speaking countries
Portugues: Paises lusofonos
English: International position of Dutch


Indo-European

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Indo-European languages 3500 BCE
Indo-European languages 2500 BCE
Indo-European languages 1500 BCE
Indo-European languages 500 BCE
The Indo-European language groups as of 500 B.C.E, along with selected isoglosses.
Indo-European languages 500 CE
[[|border|251x400px]] Indo-European languages 1500 CE
[[|border|251x400px]] Indo-European Languages


Europe

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Germaanse talen
Germanska sprak
Germanske sprog
Germonsk tungumal

Crymean Tatar Language

беларуская мова
Belarusian Language

укра??нська мо?ва
Ukrainian Language


Russia

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Русский язык
Russian Language

Geographical distribution of Samoyedic, Finnic, Ugric and Yukaghir languages


Africa

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Languages of Africa
Carte linguistique
Tale van Afrika

Map of African language families
Carte de langues africaines

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Lugha za Kibantu
Bantu expansion

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Afro-Asiatic languages

Nilo-Saharan languages

Lokota ya Nizer-Kongo
Langues nigero-congolaises
Niger-Congo languages

Khoi San languages
Gbe languages

Kel Tamasheq
Touaregs
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Tuaregs


Americas

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Eskimo-Aleut languages
Na-Dene languages

Qhichwa simi
Runasimi
Lenguas quechuas
Quechua


Asia

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Languages of South Asia
Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area
Austroasiatic languages
Dravidian languages
Indo-Aryan languages
Sino-Tibetan languages
Sino-Tibetan languages
Hindi
Japanese language


Notes and references

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General remarks:

  • The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references .
  • Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
  • Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
  • The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
  • The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey .

Entries available in the atlas

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General pages
World
Continents and oceans
Themes
Historical eras
States with wide recognition
States with limited recognition
Dependencies and other overseas territories
Country subdivisions
Belgium
China (mainland)
India
Pakistan
Spain
United Kingdom
United States
Other
Disputed subnational territories
Other regions
Cities
Former sovereign states
Former dependencies and overseas territories
Former disputed territories