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Celtic colour[edit]

I think that the Celtic languages should have a colour that contrasts better with the the Italic and Germanic colours. Right now it is hard to identify (especially in Ireland) as they are small enclaves. BananaBork (talk) 15:47, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Indo-Iranian lump[edit]

Why are the Indo-Iranian lumped together when the Balto-Slavic group is differentiated between its to constituents? The Iranian and Indo-Aryan languages are major groups in their own right and the difference between them is both palpable and culturally significant. It's also appears odd there'd be no differences in the east than when there are so many in the west, which is the impression this map gives in its present state, especially at only a cursory glance. :/ Nederbörd~enwiki (talk) 11:51, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Estonia[edit]

Northwestern Estonia is dotted red due to Estonian Swedes, but they no longer live there. Western Estonian islands are dotted Slavic, but there is no reason for this. H2ppyme (talk) 09:35, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Finland[edit]

Swedish is only spoken natively by a small minority in Helsinki and surrounding areas, and in general Swedish-speakers form a majority only in small parts of the southern "Swedish-speaking" section shown on the map. At least two thirds of that southern coastline should be striped/dotted rather than shown as monolingually Swedish. A part of the western coast is indeed Swedish-speaking, and that section looks more or less fine (even if it gives the impression that it's completely monolingually Swedish, which it isn't). For reference, see for example the map of the languages of Finland right here on Wikipedia. VHGW (talk) 04:09, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]