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African country classifications dubious

South Africa does not have a majority of speakers of IE languages. Seems not much research went into the current official status of the former IE Colonial languages in the rest of Africa either - just painted Sub-Saharan Africa with a light-green brush, eh?

Please correct. Alternatively, I offer to do it on behalf of the Article Admin and post a link to the updated map image. Just post permission here and I'll go ahead. 62.24.195.87 (talk) 14:12, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

As at 12/01/08 the mini-map shown on the main article page appears correctly (South Africa NOT with majority IE speakers) but this map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:IE_countries.svg seems not to have been updated. 62.24.195.87 (talk) 13:24, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Paraguay

I'm concerned about the classification of Paraguay. 80% of the populace there speaks the indigenous Guaraní language. Spanish may be the official language (maybe?) but that isn't the whole picture. There is also a population of German-speaking Anabaptists (Mennonites) who settled in the countryside in the 19th century. It is a stretch to consider this country a Spanish-speaking country in the sense of Colombia, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.250.207.215 (talk) 16:54, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I noticed this as well. Seems it should be light green. -Elmer Clark (talk) 17:33, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

According to Languages of Paraguay, "Spanish is spoken by about 87 percent of the population, while Guaraní is spoken by more than 90 percent, with about 4,650,000 speakers.", and dark green indicates that a "majority of speakers" can speak one or more Indo-European languages, so dark green seems correct. --Yair rand (talk) 06:26, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Asia

Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore should be included. Malaysia should also be considered for inclusion. Meursault2004 (talk) 18:18, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

India

South India must not included in the IE. Because the Dravidian not in the IE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.199.198.246 (talk) 07:06, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

China

What about China? Tajik is an official language, of Iranian origin. See Sarikoli language. 144.32.126.16 (talk) 19:44, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Israel

Why is Israel light green? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.96.46 (talk) 22:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

I believe many people in Israel speak English because of the whole British Mandate of Palestine thing. Kostantino888Z (talk) 04:18, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Yiddish is an Indo-European High German Language that uses a Hebrew alphabet. 66.56.11.222 (talk) 20:47, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

I don't see how either of those answers the question. For it to be light green on the map, an Indo-European minority language has to have *official status*. As far as I know, only Hebrew and Arabic have official status in Israel, and neither of them is Indo-European. john k (talk) 15:43, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Turkey

I'm a little concerned on the classification of Turkey. Zazaki is a Indo-European language and is used by more than 2 million people in East Turkey. Also, Armenian in Turkey is also spoken by large numbers. Should we consider that? Kanzler31 (talk) 22:48, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Yeah that is correct. Also Syria. Kurdish and Zazaki are both Iranian languages (so I.E. languages). They are widely spoken in Turkey and Syria. Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia have also bigger Iranian language minorities. Also Azarbaijan and Georgie (Ossetian language = Iranian language). Uzbekistan the same! --88.77.212.52 (talk) 20:09, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

South Africa

South Africa should be dark green because many of its people speak Afrikaans. Anyone here agree? ~Wimpy Fanboy ^{my talk} _sign! 16:21, 31 December 2010 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wimpy Fanboy (talk • contribs)

Only 13.3% of the population speaks Afrikaans. Add English (8.2%) to that, and it's still nowhere near a majority. --Yair rand (talk) 06:26, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Greenland

While Greenlandic (an Inuit language) is official, Danish is also widely known and is recognized as a minority language, with co-official status in schools and in government. Then again, with more independence provided to the Greenland local government, Danish's role is decreasing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.198.79.51 (talk) 23:20, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Finland

Why isn't Finland Dark Green? Jessaveryja (talk) 10:53, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

   Because there is a recognized swedish speaking minority, especially in Aland. 87.160.230.27 (talk) 12:23, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

State\Sub language regions boundaries.

I would propose that instead of countries as a whole, but being divided to show the Basque dudes and etc 92.53.7.110 (talk) 21:53, 17 March 2012 (UTC)