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linguistic map

noun

Etymology

Compound of linguistic + map.

  1. derived from mappa — “napkin, cloth”
  2. derived from mappa mundī
  3. derived from mapamonde
  4. derived from mappemounde
  5. compounded as linguistic map — “linguistic + map”

Definitions

  1. A linguistic map is a thematic map showing the geographic distribution of the speakers of…

    A linguistic map is a thematic map showing the geographic distribution of the speakers of a language, or isoglosses of a dialect continuum of the same language, or language family. A collection of such maps is a linguistic atlas.

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:linguistic map.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for linguistic map. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA