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The main native language of Austria outside Vorarlberg is Austro-Bavarian. It has approximately 8.3 million speakers in Austria. [6] The north-eastern parts of Austria (with the capital Vienna) speak Central Austro-Bavarian dialects and the southern parts Southern Austro-Bavarian dialects.
Atlas Linguisticus is an atlas of the world's languages published in 1934 in Innsbruck by priest and researcher Albert Drexel [1] (1889–1977) [2] and cartographer Rosa Wimpissinger. [3] The atlas consists of eight full-page (65 cm by 95 cm [ 4 ] ) maps and over 50 other maps, [ 5 ] so in total of 29 map pages that are folded into 48 66 cm by ...
French is an official language in 27 independent nations. French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English , with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [ 1 ]
The Atlas Linguarum Europae (literally Atlas of the Languages of Europe, ALE in acronym) is a linguistic atlas project launched in 1970 with the help of UNESCO, and published from 1975 to 2007. The ALE used its own phonetic transcription system, based on the International Phonetic Alphabet with some modifications.
Languages of Metropolitan France, Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) [a] [18] Language Family Branch First-language (L1) speakers in France Second-language (L2) speakers in France Total (L1+L2) speakers in France Alsatian: Indo-European: Germanic: 900,000 Algerian Arabic: Afro-Asiatic: Semitic: 1,350,000 Moroccan Arabic: Afro-Asiatic: Semitic ...
A color-coded map of most languages used throughout Europe. There are over 250 languages indigenous to Europe, and most belong to the Indo-European language family. [1] [2] Out of a total European population of 744 million as of 2018, some 94% are native speakers of an Indo-European language.
Map of main European languages simplified by following national borders in many cases. The map does not reflect the fact that many regions are bilingual, officially and/or in practice. In some cases, the area indicated for a language reflects where some of its speakers live but not necessarily where they form the majority of the population. Date
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...