Linguistic map
A linguistic map is a thematic map showing the geographic distribution of the speakers of a language, or isoglosses of a dialect continuum of the same language. A collection of such maps is a linguistic atlas.
The earliest such atlas was the Sprachatlas des Deutschen Reiches of Georg Wenker and Ferdinand Wrede, published beginning in 1888, followed by the Atlas Linguistique de la France, of Jules Gilliéron between 1902 and 1910, and the AIS - Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz of Karl Jaberg and Jakob Jud, published 1928–1940 (NavigAIS-web Version en ligne navigable). The first linguistic atlas of the US was published by Hans Kurath.[1]
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Linguistic maps.
References
- ^ Chambers, J.K.; Trudgill, Peter (1998). Dialectology (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 15–18. ISBN 978-0-521-59646-6.
External links
General:
- Linguistic mapping project by the LINGUIST List
- Linguistic maps from Muturzikin.com
- Linguistic atlas of the world
- Bibliography of linguistic atlases (by Joachim Grzega)
- List of US-American Linguistic Atlas Projects
- Language maps in Ethnologue
German:
- Digital Wenker-Atlas
- Atlas der deutschen Alltagssprache (University of Augsburg)
French:
- Atlas Linguistique de la France at Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol
Italian:
| Authority control databases: National |
|---|
