File:Primary Human Language Families Map.png

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DescriptionPrimary Human Language Families Map.png	English: Modified version of File:Human Language Families Map.PNG that shows only primary language families.
Date	14 March 2013, 22:05:51
Source	Own work
Author	PiMaster3
Other versions	Arabic

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	20:39, 4 May 2021	1,880 × 740 (106 KB)	Glennznl	Reverted to version as of 16:29, 3 February 2016 (UTC) Rv to version before sockpuppet work
	22:05, 14 January 2019	1,880 × 740 (85 KB)	Trigonometria87	the perfectionist in me was annoyed that the "japonic" thing was in a different font
	19:54, 9 January 2019	1,880 × 740 (88 KB)	Satoshi Kondo	Reverted to version as of 15:57, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
	18:24, 25 September 2018	1,880 × 740 (88 KB)	Satoshi Kondo	as in the other map, in chinese-mongolia most speak mandarin and only about 10% speak mongolian, so both are shown, same in xinjiang, where ~50% are speaking mandarin
	11:06, 10 September 2018	1,880 × 740 (106 KB)	Bookworm8899	The distribution of Tai-Kadai and Austro-Asiatic speaking areas is not correct.
	15:57, 6 September 2018	1,880 × 740 (88 KB)	Satoshi Kondo	it is not japanic but japOnic... with o corrected chinese speakers
	18:43, 29 July 2018	1,880 × 740 (106 KB)	Bookworm8899	Reverted vandalism. User Satoshi Kondo has continuously made incorrect maps.
	18:06, 29 July 2018	1,880 × 740 (87 KB)	Satoshi Kondo	Reverted to version as of 16:12, 29 July 2018 (UTC) stop your POV
	17:12, 29 July 2018	1,880 × 740 (106 KB)	Bookworm8899	Reverted for Disruptive edit
	16:12, 29 July 2018	1,880 × 740 (87 KB)	Satoshi Kondo	distribution fix of sinitic, parts of xinjiang (and for user bookworm/gutmeister) vietnamese now unchanged for your POV-interests...
	16:11, 27 July 2018	1,880 × 740 (106 KB)	Bookworm8899	Reverted to version as of 03:06, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
	08:25, 25 July 2018	1,880 × 740 (89 KB)	Satoshi Kondo	Reverted to version as of 10:02, 24 July 2018 (UTC)revert POV, see talk page or read the given source. it is a recongized minority language
	03:06, 25 July 2018	1,880 × 740 (106 KB)	Bookworm8899	Reverted to version as of 21:32, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
	10:02, 24 July 2018	1,880 × 740 (89 KB)	Satoshi Kondo	Reverted to version as of 19:02, 23 July 2018 (UTC)do you have read the source? as the common section talk said: make your own map
	21:32, 23 July 2018	1,880 × 740 (106 KB)	Bookworm8899	Reverted erroneous map and vadalism of Satoshi Kondo. Source does not support the map.
	19:02, 23 July 2018	1,880 × 740 (89 KB)	Satoshi Kondo	Reverted to version as of 12:31, 23 July 2018 (UTC)revert map (of gutmeister aka bookworm aka ...) source support it
	16:11, 23 July 2018	1,880 × 740 (106 KB)	Bookworm8899	The source does not mention Vietnamese in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunan, Hunan, Houaphanh (Laos), Phongsaly (Laos) except for Dongxing and Fangchenggang (Guangxi) and it does not mention Mangic speakers in Guizhou either. Check my response in the Talk Page of the File: Lenguas austro-asiáticas.png
	12:31, 23 July 2018	1,880 × 740 (89 KB)	Satoshi Kondo	Reverted to version as of 12:49, 17 May 2018 (UTC)here again the source: Tsung, Linda (2014). Language Power and Hierarchy: Multilingual Education in China. Bloomsbury. p. 188.
	11:35, 23 July 2018	1,880 × 740 (106 KB)	Bookworm8899	User Satoshi Kondo exaggerated the distribution of Hmong-Mienic and Austro-Asiatic languages.
	12:49, 17 May 2018	1,880 × 740 (89 KB)	Satoshi Kondo	minor fix again
	12:47, 12 May 2018	1,880 × 740 (88 KB)	Satoshi Kondo	fixed distribution of hmong and korean in northeast china (autonomous korean region) hmong is now shown as in the hmong-mien article
	13:52, 22 February 2018	1,880 × 740 (106 KB)	FogueraC	Reverted to version as of 16:29, 3 February 2016 (UTC) «fix 2017» and «fixed distribution» are not enough to justify these changes
	20:45, 11 February 2018	1,880 × 740 (87 KB)	Satoshi Kondo	fixed distribution and colour fix
	17:20, 20 September 2017	1,880 × 740 (87 KB)	일성강	Reverted to version as of 20:05, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
	14:13, 2 September 2017	1,880 × 740 (87 KB)	일성강	fixed distribution of IE
	20:05, 17 August 2017	1,880 × 740 (87 KB)	일성강	fix 2017 (japanic --> japonic)
	16:29, 3 February 2016	1,880 × 740 (106 KB)	Massivefranklin	Reverted to version as of 13:27, 6 June 2015 - "Ibero-Caucasian" is hypothetical and completely undemonstrated (see Wiki article). Also unsure why the Basque region was expanded.
	11:50, 19 January 2016	1,880 × 740 (109 KB)	Ercwlff	ibero-caucasian (caucasian) is one language family
	13:27, 6 June 2015	1,880 × 740 (106 KB)	Gartok~commonswiki	The Nicobar Islands are Austro-Asiatic and Cocos Island is Austronesian.
	17:05, 9 May 2015	1,880 × 740 (85 KB)	Zorion	added in legend (Isolate) to Korean + Newfoundland is 89% english speaking and 10% French = 99% indoeuropean + Anticosti, Gaspesie and the south of Québec is French.
	20:28, 5 May 2015	1,880 × 740 (57 KB)	Spesh531	maldives should be indic
	01:13, 19 July 2014	1,880 × 740 (57 KB)	Spesh531	fixing Azores from a Amerindian language to Indo-European
	10:30, 18 July 2014	1,880 × 740 (57 KB)	Spesh531	Reverted to version as of 00:41, 9 July 2014 Kurdish areas actually extend far into Turkey, just not contiguous with Kurdistan
	02:55, 18 July 2014	1,880 × 740 (65 KB)	Mttll	Fix in Turkey
	00:41, 9 July 2014	1,880 × 740 (57 KB)	Spesh531	separating Altaic
	23:32, 4 July 2014	1,752 × 620 (36 KB)	Kutsuit	I cant change it myself because I don't have the tools to do so. Please separate Altaic into Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Korean and Japanese.
	17:37, 3 July 2014	1,880 × 740 (56 KB)	Spesh531	Reverted to version as of 04:14, 3 June 2014 Do you mean altaic? change it yourself, as this map is much more exact
	16:50, 3 July 2014	1,357 × 620 (33 KB)	Kutsuit	Reverted to version as of 08:11, 16 August 2013
	16:44, 3 July 2014	1,752 × 620 (36 KB)	Kutsuit	Reverting to earlier version as the new map has controversial and non-widely-accepted classifications.
	04:14, 3 June 2014	1,880 × 740 (56 KB)	Spesh531	fixing aymaran box
	12:56, 2 June 2014	1,880 × 740 (42 KB)	Kopiersperre	optipng
	06:06, 31 May 2014	1,880 × 740 (56 KB)	Spesh531	corresponding with original file update
	14:59, 28 May 2014	1,752 × 620 (36 KB)	Soerfm	Key
	08:11, 16 August 2013	1,357 × 620 (33 KB)	Mttll	Reverted to version as of 23:45, 15 August 2013
	23:49, 15 August 2013	1,357 × 620 (59 KB)	Mttll	Another try
	23:45, 15 August 2013	1,357 × 620 (33 KB)	Mttll	Reverted to version as of 20:55, 15 August 2013
	21:07, 15 August 2013	1,357 × 620 (33 KB)	Mttll	Reverted to version as of 21:03, 15 August 2013
	21:03, 15 August 2013	1,357 × 620 (33 KB)	Mttll	Reverted to version as of 20:58, 15 August 2013
	21:03, 15 August 2013	1,357 × 620 (33 KB)	Mttll	Reverted to version as of 20:55, 15 August 2013
	20:58, 15 August 2013	1,357 × 620 (33 KB)	Mttll	Re
	20:55, 15 August 2013	1,357 × 620 (33 KB)	Mttll	Minor fix in Cyprus and Turkey.
	01:55, 17 March 2013	1,357 × 620 (23 KB)	AnonMoos	increase PNG compression
	01:16, 17 March 2013	1,357 × 620 (59 KB)	PiMaster3	Khoisan clarified as including several families.
	02:08, 15 March 2013	1,357 × 620 (59 KB)	PiMaster3	User created page with UploadWizard