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“Water” in European languages
The English word “water” derives from Proto-Germanic *watōr, which in turn derives from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). This is (...)
March 22, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Alphabets of Europe Map
There are three different types of alphabets used in Europe: Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek. They all look somewhat similar and share several (...)
January 10, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Christmas gift-bringers of Europe
Find out who brings Christmas gifts in France, Germany, Spain, and many other countries by looking at this neatly coloured map. (...)
December 16, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Languages young Europeans want to learn
In its recent Flash Eurobarometer 466, the European commission asked a random sample of young EU citizens (aged 15–30) which languages (...)
December 3, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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1741 linguistic map of Europe, Asia, and Africa
Gottfried Hensel (1687–1765) was a German linguist. His book Synopsis Universae Philologiae, published in 1741, was an early work on (...)
November 28, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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By the way, have you already seen my brand new web app for non-native speakers of English? It's based on reading texts and learning by having all meanings, pronunciations, grammar forms etc. easily accessible. It looks like this:
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Evolution of the pronoun “I” in Indo-European languages
Most European languages developed from a single language called Proto-Indo-European, spoken approximately between 4500 BC and 2500 BC (...)
November 26, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Track gauge by country in Europe
“Track gauge” is the perpendicular distance between the inner faces of the two rails of a railway. Just like with many other things, it (...)
November 22, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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“Tea” in European Languages (map)
Did you know that “tea” is either “te” or “cha(i)” in almost all languages in the world? Both names originally come from Chinese 茶, (...)
November 12, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Number of top-ranked universities by country in Europe
Times Higher Education regularly publishes World University Rankings, which is a list of more than 1,250 of some of the best universities (...)
November 8, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Forests of Europe Map
The map below is based on data by the European Space Agency (the CCI project). It shows the two different types of forests in Europe: dark (...)
October 29, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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