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This is a very cool map, and it's a heroic project, but of course it is slightly inconsistent, especially where emphasizing minor branches for visibility. E.g., I think we will find considerable non-Celtic "multilingualism" in Brittany. And in all other areas marked "Celtic".

Also, the map is ostensibly synchronic, post World War II (no Germans in Sudetenland). So it is not clear why the Russian colonization of East Asia should be shown in its full glory, but it's as if the Anglos had never set foot in the new world, or any European left any traces in Africa. --Dbachmann (talk) 09:17, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Don't know that the map is so bad -- there was a basic decision to choose a map frame which excluded non-contiguous areas of expansion (the Americas, southern Africa, Oceania). Within those parameters it's mostly non-objectionable. You could quibble about Newfoundland and Labrador (not sure about Danish in Greenland)... AnonMoos (talk) 16:18, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

At least if the areas of Sami Languages are marked with a lighter shading in Kola Peninsula, why are they not marked with a lighter shading in Sweden and Norway?--Urjanhai (talk) 10:32, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

As well as the areas of many uralic languges are lacking in European Russia (only the the existence of the northernmost is shown in a very schematic way), which makes the map very schematic. But as such I like the map as a whole.--Urjanhai (talk) 10:39, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Greek, Albanian, and Slavic linguistic minorities

@Ahmet Q.: With the exception of Romanian presence in Serbia, which i removed because it seemed like a line that was misdrawn, all other changes were based on other sourced maps, sources from relevant Wikipedia articles, or in the case of Turkey a source that isn't cited yet. Namely:

• Turkey: Greek communities in Turkey can be supported here.
• Albania: Calthinus has created a proper table with all the relevant sources here, supporting this map. There is also this map which is based on the 2011 census.
• Ukraine: Greek communities in Ukraine can be supported with the Ukrainian 2001 census, which is what was used for this map.
• Italy: Concerning the Greek and Albanian minorities of Italy, see the respective Wikipedia articles, which list all the respective settlements as well.
• Kosovo: The Slavic minorities of Kosovo can be supported by the respective 2011 census. Some additional details can also be seen in this article.
• Greece: Albanian presence in Epirus as it stands is not realistic. See what this section says along with the relevant sources. Admittedly, it shouldn't have been removed altogether since there are a few relevant villages in western Macedonia and Epirus, but not to the extent shown in the current version. Demetrios1993 (talk) 08:14, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Greater contrast needed between Germanic and Celtic

With Germanic languages being red and Celtic being orange, the Celtic languages are almost indistinguishable in the picture. There needs to be greater contrast between them. Also, only showing the (erroneous) areas of eastern Wales as being Welsh-speaking is misleading. All areas of Wales are Welsh-speaking to one degree or another. 51.149.249.36 14:04, 9 July 2022 (UTC)