Language geography

range of dialects that vary geographically

250px|thumb|Official Gaeltacht regions in Ireland A Gaeltacht ( , , ) is a district of Ireland, either individually or collectively, where the Irish government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant vernacular, or language of the home. The Gaeltacht districts were first officially recognised during the 1920s in the early years of the Irish Free State, following the Gaelic revival, as part of a government policy aimed at restoring the Irish language.

enclave of a language

branch of human geography that studies the geographic distribution of language(s) or its constituent elements

A ' ( , sometimes pluralized as ', usually capitalized following German practice) is a word that has spread as a loanword among numerous languages and cultures, especially those that are far away from one another. As such, are a curiosity in historical linguistics and sociolinguistics within a wider study of language contact. At a sufficient time depth, it can be very difficult to establish in which language or language family a originated and into which it was borrowed.

linguistic and cultural region in India where Hindi dialects are spoken and Hindi is used as a common inter-community lingua franca/second language

In linguistics, a sprachraum (; , "language area", plural sprachräume, ) is a geographical region where a common first language (mother tongue), with dialect varieties, or group of languages is spoken.

municipalities in Belgium with language facilities

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division of the Greco-Roman world into eastern Greek and western Latin parts

linguistic feature arising through language contact rather than common descent

thematic map showing the geographical distribution of linguistic features and depicting regional linguistic distinctions, such as spatial dialect variation within a language

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group of related languages

Geolinguistics is a branch of linguistics and of language geography, a branch of human geography. As a branch of linguistics, it includes dialectology and linguistic areal features.

Mother tongue language diversity