Map Of The World Languages
Map Of The World Languages. It provides accurate, reliable, up-to-date and robust data on the world's languages. Circle sizes correspond to speaker populations. Langscape's interactive map allows you zoom to any spot on the globe and see what languages are natively spoken there.
A collection of such maps is a linguistic atlas.
However, this is only one piece in the full fabric of languages. This coloured map depicts countries according to the languages spoken over there. The rapid proliferation of these languages can be traced back to the history of Spanish conquistadors in the Americas, and British colonies around the world.Curating this page demands a huge effort.
The most widely spoken language in the world is known as, Chinese or Mandarin.
After Chinese, the languages of Spanish and English sit in second and third place in terms of global popularity.
Typological language maps (also by Matthew Dryer) Steve Huffman's Language Maps. While we have a pretty good idea of how many people speak the major languages of the world, determining where they're most spoken can be complicated. Click on any language to learn it.
Click on any language to learn it.
Circles are colour-coded by language families. Typological language maps (also by Matthew Dryer) Steve Huffman's Language Maps. The map shows that English is one of the most widely spoken and written languages.