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  1. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Language Map Of Switzerland
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    reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/ <-- shared map source
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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language <-- shared wiki page
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    H/T @Evilgrandma03
    [Swiss German, Lombard. Etc? 😊 ]
    “This is a map of the 4 national languages of Switzerland, but leaving out the parts that are not permanently inhabited due to high altitude, since you could argue whether it even makes sense to define a language in an uninhabited area. The white area is defined as having an altitude above 1,900 metres except for the towns above that treshold being: Riederalp, Bettmeralp, Chandolin, Juf, Avers, Lü and the Simplon pass, which [the cartographer] manually excluded from the white area. This map visualizes well what language boundaries are due to physical obstacles vs those which arent…”
    #language #map #Swiss #switzerland #rMapPorn #cartography #demographics #German #French #Italian #Romansh #Lombard #Arpitan #English #Europe

    #language #map #swiss #switzerland #rmapporn #cartography
  2. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Language Map Of Switzerland
    --
    reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/ <-- shared map source
    --
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language <-- shared wiki page
    --
    H/T @Evilgrandma03
    [Swiss German, Lombard. Etc? 😊 ]
    “This is a map of the 4 national languages of Switzerland, but leaving out the parts that are not permanently inhabited due to high altitude, since you could argue whether it even makes sense to define a language in an uninhabited area. The white area is defined as having an altitude above 1,900 metres except for the towns above that treshold being: Riederalp, Bettmeralp, Chandolin, Juf, Avers, Lü and the Simplon pass, which [the cartographer] manually excluded from the white area. This map visualizes well what language boundaries are due to physical obstacles vs those which arent…”

    #language #map #swiss #switzerland #rmapporn #cartography