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Data Stories: Mapping Global Languages

The history of language development, today's most-spoken languages, and the smallest language.

  • By Upside Staff
  • July 7, 2021

 

A Family of Languages

sample of data visualization, linked to full visualization at Tableau Public

This interactive Tableau graphic shows the relationships between Proto-Indo-European and all the languages that developed from it.

 

Global Speech

sample of data visualization, linked to full visualization at Word Tips

This huge infographic shows the 100 most-spoken languages in the world and their historical roots. It also includes information about the number of native speakers for each language.

 

A Tiny Language

sample of data visualization, linked to full visualization at Observable

Toki Pona is an invented language designed to emphasize simplicity, and it’s actually so simple that the entire vocabulary can be viewed in this chart. Read more and compare the vocabulary size to other languages in this post on Observable.

 

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