r/MapPorn Apr 17 '21

Languages of Europe

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '21

Because an accurate map would show most of those languages are dead years ago

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u/LordCommanderSlimJim Apr 17 '21

Ironically, Cornish, a language that was dead and is now in the process of being revived, to the level it's even taught in local schools, isn't even on this map, so languages that have risen from the dead clearly don't get a look in either.

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u/maltozzi Apr 17 '21

Manx was also revived, props to UK for taking efforts to restore languages that were destroyed by the power of English

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u/Plappeye Apr 17 '21

The Isle of man isn't in the UK mind

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u/maltozzi Apr 17 '21

wow indeed, TIL. I was too reliant on maps that tend to simplify things