Language Maps

Names of European capitals in local languages
The map below shows European capital cities together with their names in the local languages (all possible variants are shown in countries (...)
May 3, 2018 – Jakub MarianMaps
Earth in European languages
‘Earth’ in European languages
The English word “Earth”, German “Erde”, Swedish “jorden”, and similar expressions in other Germanic languages come from Proto-Germanic (...)
April 22, 2018 – Jakub MarianMaps
Most studied languages in lower secondary education
Most studied foreign languages in lower secondary education in Europe
English is the most widely studied foreign language in all European countries (which should not be surprising) except Luxembourg, but what (...)
April 5, 2018 – Jakub MarianMaps
Official languages in South and Central America
Official languages in South and Central America
The language situation in South and Central America may seem simpleBrazilians speak Portuguese, and the rest speaks Spanish, (...)
March 26, 2018 – Jakub MarianMaps
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in my linguistic maps
This article explains the methodology I used to generate the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian part of my linguistic maps, such as this (...)
March 9, 2018 – Jakub MarianMaps

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:

Woman in European languages
“Woman” in European languages
The map below shows how to say “woman” in European languages. The colouring is based on etymology, not on language families (in other (...)
March 8, 2018 – Jakub MarianMaps
“New Year’s resolution” in European languages
A New Year’s resolution is a vow people make to themselves to change an undesired habit or behaviour. The following map shows what New (...)
January 3, 2018 – Jakub MarianMaps
Happy New Year in European languages
‘Happy New Year’ in European languages
Learn how to wish a “Happy New Year” in German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and other languages. (...)
December 30, 2017 – Jakub MarianMaps
‘Merry Christmas’ in European languages
A map showing how to wish people a “Merry Christmas” in French, German, Spanish, Italian and other European languages. (...)
December 17, 2017 – Jakub MarianMaps
‘December’ in European languages
December got its name from Latin decem, “ten”, because it was the tenth month of the Roman calendar (which started in March, not January). (...)
December 8, 2017 – Jakub MarianMaps