This page contains links to a number of maps showing distribution of language families, prepared by Matthew Dryer. The maps for parts of North America are based on, though not identical to, Map of North American Indian languages by Carl and Florence Voegelin, published in 1966 by Rand McNally.

Map of Language Families of Europe (small version)
Map of Language Families of Europe (large version)
Map of Subfamilies of Indo-European in Europe
Map of Language Families of continental U.S. (small version)
Map of Language Families of continental U.S. (large version)
Map of Language Families of California
Map of Language Families of Pacific Northwest
Map of Language Families of Canada
Map of Language Families in South Asia
Map of Language Families in Caucasus Region
Map of Language Families in Eurasia
Map of Germanic Languages
Map of Romance Languages: 3 branches
Map of Romance Languages: Italo-West Romance branch
Map of Romance Languages: Ibero-Romance branch of Italo-West Romance
Map of Romance Languages: West Ibero Romance branch of Ibero-Romance branch of Italo-West Romance
Map of Language Families in Southwest Papua New Guinea

 

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