The Map Of Languages

The Europa Polyglotta is an eighteenth century map of the world's languages too alphabets. The map was published inward 1741 equally business office of Gottfried Hensel's early on tumble out comparative linguistics, the Synopsis Universae Philologiae.

The map is divided into 4 continents of Europa, Asia, Africa too America. Each of the 4 continent segments includes a map of the continent too a listing of the alphabets used inward those continents. Countries on the maps are labeled yesteryear the languages that are spoken there. Each province likewise includes the get-go (and sometimes second) phrases of the Lord's Prayer written inward the local linguistic communication ('our manful somebody bring upward who fine art inward sky (hallowed endure thy name)').

The languages of Europe seem to endure really good covered. Asia appears to characteristic many of the major languages (although the Chinese too Japanese characters await really strange to me). The languages of Africa too America are hardly shown at all.

The map is colored to demonstrate the areas of the basis which were settled yesteryear the 3 sons of Noah. Japhet is pink, Shem is yellowish too Ham is green. I believe that inward the Synopsis Universae Philologiae itself Hensel argues that all languages derive from a mutual root inward Hebrew (presumably from the Tower of Babel myth).