Maps of Wave
Isolates in Meso-America at the Time of Contact
Isolates in Meso-America at the Time of Contact
Map Creator:
The LINGUIST List
Data Sources: The LINGUIST List. 07 Aug 2008. "Central American Language Isolates: Composite 2008." The LINGUIST List MultiTree Language Database.
Kaufman, Terrence. 2007. R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley (eds.), Atlas of the World's Languages: 56. Oxford: Routledge.
Date Created: Jun-2009.
Map Description:
Highlighted by this service, the polygons pictured display locations of Wavi, Tarasko, and Kwitlateko subgroup languages. This map in totality outlines the areas in which each particular language was spoken when they were first encountered and knowledge of them was recorded. Most of the coastal languages were first identified during the 16th and 17th centuries, although some languages in the interior of South America became known much more recently during the 20th century (Asher, Moseley et al.).
This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Altas of the World's Languages.
Other LLMap resources related to this project:
This folder (Meso-America at the Time of Contact) contains other maps showing linguistic subgroups and their time of contact. The maps may be overlaid on each other for a more complete picture.
Data Sources: The LINGUIST List. 07 Aug 2008. "Central American Language Isolates: Composite 2008." The LINGUIST List MultiTree Language Database.
Kaufman, Terrence. 2007. R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley (eds.), Atlas of the World's Languages: 56. Oxford: Routledge.
Date Created: Jun-2009.
Map Description:
Highlighted by this service, the polygons pictured display locations of Wavi, Tarasko, and Kwitlateko subgroup languages. This map in totality outlines the areas in which each particular language was spoken when they were first encountered and knowledge of them was recorded. Most of the coastal languages were first identified during the 16th and 17th centuries, although some languages in the interior of South America became known much more recently during the 20th century (Asher, Moseley et al.).
This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Altas of the World's Languages.
Other LLMap resources related to this project:
This folder (Meso-America at the Time of Contact) contains other maps showing linguistic subgroups and their time of contact. The maps may be overlaid on each other for a more complete picture.
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process.
Mexico: Languages by Speaker Populations (Public Content)
Maps of Mexican languages by speaker population
Map Creator(s): Carlos María Soto
Source: Mapa de lenguas de México. Wikimedia Commons.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: FAMSI
Map Description:
Three maps showing languages of Mexico by speaker population.
The map Mexico Languages: High Speaker Population contains information for population areas of more than 100,000 speakers.
The map Mexico Languages: Mid Speaker Population contains information for population areas of 20,000 - 100,000 speakers.
The map Mexico Languages: Low Speaker Population contains information for population areas lower than 20,000 speakers.
Source: Mapa de lenguas de México. Wikimedia Commons.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: FAMSI
Map Description:
Three maps showing languages of Mexico by speaker population.
The map Mexico Languages: High Speaker Population contains information for population areas of more than 100,000 speakers.
The map Mexico Languages: Mid Speaker Population contains information for population areas of 20,000 - 100,000 speakers.
The map Mexico Languages: Low Speaker Population contains information for population areas lower than 20,000 speakers.
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process. View original image(s) to see the unaltered map(s).