Observed arrival · 2026-10-13
World Language Map: a map beyond borders
An interactive map lets you explore where thousands of living languages are spoken and how they group into language families.
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- Language learners, teachers, and map-curious readers
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- It shows 4,008 languages as areas and 2,714 as points, using data from 13 published language atlases.
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The map combines area data from 13 published atlases, digitized by the Glottography project, with point locations for languages that lack an area map. It reports 4,008 languages as areas and 2,714 as points, drawing on Glottolog's 6,722 living-language count. The page explains that atlas areas are generalized, some sources are decades old, and multilingual cities make any area a poor guide to what every resident speaks.
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