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 13/ Most new research/effort is focused on digitalising existing databases to preserve them and enhance accessibility, but some cutting-edge work is also being done to improve on this work using more modern GIS, geospatial analysis, and cartographic methodology. Take the *Atlas linguistique de la France* The data points on the map are each labelled with Investigation points, which can then be remapped onto modern maps using coordinates to produce more accurate final projects. 4 comments
15/ For our ๐บ๐ธ American and ๐จ๐ฆ Canadian friends - you will enjoy the amazingly detailed North American English Dialects map 16/ And finally, because big is brilliant, letโs end this thread on the World Atlas of Language Structures. An incredible study of over 160 maps showing the geographic distribution of structural linguistic features such as word order, number of genders and more. You can see the complete list of linguistic items here and find the maps in the links. https://wals.info/chapter Weโll leave you with a screenshot of one of the maps: 17/ So there you have it, linguistic atlases! Pretty fascinating, donโt you think? Be honestโฆ how long did you spend listening to that fable and browsing the maps? Thank you very much for reading (and sharing)! We have more threads on #geoweirdness in specific regions and on other topics available over on our blog: |
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14/ Before we call it a day, weโll leave you with two more interesting cases of linguistic cartography that will have you scrolling for hours.
The first project is an interactive sound atlas of France ๐ซ๐ท which plays recordings of Aesopโs fable โThe North Wind and the Sunโ in 140 varieties of regional French language.
This fable is famously the standard linguists use for comparative and transcription projects. Enjoy!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_North_Wind_and_the_Sun
https://atlas.limsi.fr/articles/
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14/ Before we call it a day, weโll leave you with two more interesting cases of linguistic cartography that will have you scrolling for hours.
The first project is an interactive sound atlas of France ๐ซ๐ท which plays recordings of Aesopโs fable โThe North Wind and the Sunโ in 140 varieties of regional French language.