A Europe of minorities: Interesting map

[afleitch]

Discuss

[Joe Republic]

I think I understand the map, but perhaps some explanation?  Does it represent current ethnic/cultural/national groups, or something else entirely?

[Cubby]

This map is interesting. I didn't know Occitan was a minority, I thought it was just a language or French dialect. I thought the Lapps were a much smaller group.

It appears to use each group's own name for itself. "Alba" must be Gaelic for Scotland. (Or Pictish, you never hear much about them.)

Spain is much more heterogeneous than I thought.

[GMantis]

I have seen this map before and it is completetely wrong. It represents regions in which there are some minorities as being entirely inhabited by those minorities. In Russia, for example they have assumed that ethnic minorities dominate in their republics, which is usually not the case - especially in Karelia, where the Karelian population is less than 10%. Most of the minorities in France are not so widely represented, and the use of their language is very limited. The Saami majority areas are greatly overstated. There are other mistakes as well: they have included a non-existing Macedonian minority in Bulgaria, while the rather large Turkish minority on the map is not added.
I could go on, but I think I've said enough about the validity of the map.

[Umengus]

Maybe the future map of Europe... except for France

[Middle-aged Europe]

Maybe the future map of Europe... except for France

Freedom for Lusatia!! It's time to end the opression of the Sorbian people by those evil Saxons.


Hey, wait a minute, this would put my mother's hometown outside of Germany, despite the fact that she ain't a Sorb. Okay, after further consideration that's a bad idea. Plus, the Sorbs don't have any secessionist movement anyway.


(If you don't know what I'm talking about... I mean this tiny dark-blue spot at the border between southern East Germany and Poland.)

[jerusalemcar5]

The ones of Africa are much more interesting.  They need to use a map like that to totally redraw Africa.

[Bono]

This map is interesting. I didn't know Occitan was a minority, I thought it was just a language or French dialect. I

That's because it isn't. Neither are andaluzians and asturians, for that matter.

[Umengus]

Maybe the future map of Europe... except for France

Freedom for Lusatia!! It's time to end the opression of the Sorbian people by those evil Saxons.


Hey, wait a minute, this would put my mother's hometown outside of Germany, despite the fact that she ain't a Sorb. Okay, after further consideration that's a bad idea. Plus, the Sorbs don't have any secessionist movement anyway.


(If you don't know what I'm talking about... I mean this tiny dark-blue spot at the border between southern East Germany and Poland.)

I tought to Spain, Belgium and UK.

[12th Doctor]

While the map is interesting, I can see where others are coming from.  One thing that I noticed, forinstance, is that it shows the Cornish on the map... that language is almost completely dead.

[Bono]

While the map is interesting, I can see where others are coming from.  One thing that I noticed, forinstance, is that it shows the Cornish on the map... that language is almost completely dead.

I din't think this is about language. More about ethnicity.
Because I've never heard of any andalucian language.

EDIT: Then again I also never heard of any Andalucian ethnicity.

[MODU]

So, where are all the Muslims and Filipinos?  I don't see them anywhere on the map.