Comments on: MidEast language map

Question: MidEast language map

zardoz — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:09:29 -0800

I'd like to find a map of languages spoken in the Middle East. At least the major languages: Arabic, Farsi, etc. Anyone got better google-fu skills than me?

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:27:25 -0800

Here's one.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:51:10 -0800

More comprehensive information and maps here.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 05:55:36 -0800

Actually, that Ethnologue map (from tellurian's second link) is surprisingly useless. I couldn't even figure out what it was supposed to be representing, and I know a lot about this stuff.

The first link, on the other hand, is very nice: it simplifies, of course (languages don't come in neat, mutually exclusive packages), but it gives the basic situation at a glance. And I had no idea Berber extended almost to the Egyptian border.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:43:51 -0800

I thought they spoke Turkish in Turkey.

By: mcwetboy

mcwetboy — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:03:59 -0800

I think they've got the colours of Baluch and Turkish (Western) switched on the legend.