Artifact CommonsA Multilingual Planning Atlas
See where language coverage is complex without forcing overlapping language use into a pie chart.
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What it shows
- 1589: language-territory records
- 257: territories represented
- 80: largest source language list
People can use more than one language. Percentages need not sum to 100, and the number of listed languages is not a calibrated diversity score.
Method
The map counts source language-use records. The named country examples use independent percentage dots, not stacked shares. Source estimates have mixed observation dates and can be incomplete.
Sources and reuse
Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 territoryInfo; Natural Earth.
Source retrieval: 2026-09-08 UTC. This is a fixed edition. Observation dates and coverage differ by source.
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