I am interested to get a file (table or excel), to include all
countries in the world (using ISO code 3166, or world-bank code), and
to specify by a column the geo-political influence of the country, in
2005. A classification by those colonisers: UK, France, Spain,
Portugal, Russia, Dutch, US, German, China, Italy, Arabic colonisers.
E.g. a) Country: ECU Ecuador; b) Influence: Spain; c) Country AUS
Australia; d) Influence UK.
A world-map that describes in different colours the colonies is very
helpful; not essential.
Second best, if the geo-political is not found- a column of all
countries and their language. I am not interested in the specific
language in 240 countries, but in a cluster of languages- 'leading'
languages, that are official at least in 2 countries. Any grouping
that indicates the colonial, religion or ethnic influence is welcomed.
If no data about a country, to write- not available.
Those are sites that were already explored
http://exxun.com/enpp/fd_religions_1.html;http://exxun.com/enpp/fd_languages_1.html;
http://www.ethnologue.com |
Clarification of Question by
5013-ga
on
24 Mar 2005 13:55 PST
Please indicate the source of the data.
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Clarification of Question by
5013-ga
on
24 Mar 2005 13:58 PST
Please indicate the source of the data. The title should be
geopolitical influence (not 'geoploitical'- editorial mistake).
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Request for Question Clarification by
politicalguru-ga
on
03 Apr 2005 19:44 PDT
Dear 5013,
It sounds like a very interesting project. However, I am not sure, how
would you measure "geopolitical influence"?
For example, one of the countries you gave is Ecuador. While Spain
certainly has an influence there (and was the imperial power), I
believe that the influence of the United States in Latin America is
today much more important, geopolitically.
Would you perhaps mean "sociolinguistic influence" (in the sense of
what is the ruling language and by which "mother culture" it is
influenced)?
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Clarification of Question by
5013-ga
on
04 Apr 2005 15:13 PDT
When there are two different influences- such as in HongKong (UK and
China),Tunisia (Arab and French), Ecuador (Spain and US) please
specify first and second influence, by a different column. The first
influence should be the linguistic one, as the language is more
meaningful than the less identified political influence. To clarify:
HK- China first, as Chinese is the official language, and UK second;
Tunisia- Arabic first and French second; Ecuador- Spain, as the
Spanish is the official language, US second. A separate comments
column is also welcomed, for notes.
I may prefer the title "sociolinguistic influence", in the sense of
what is the ruling language and by which "mother culture" it is
influenced.
When it is still a colony, pls write: ASM (Samoa)- USA, PTC
(Pitcairn)- UK, WLF(Wallis and Futuna)- France.
A map of all French speaking (first or second language (to include
Tunisia, Burundi) is most welcomed.
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Dear 5013,
I was unable to find an authoritative listing of geopolitical influences,
but I have been successful in identifying languages based on your
criteria. I did this by downloading the 2005 version of the CIA World
Fact Book and processing its contents with a number of scripts I wrote
specially for this purpose.
CIA World Fact Book: Country Listing
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/countrylisting.html
Analysis of the Languages field in each country's entry shows that
there are 12 languages that are the official language of more than one
country. These are the following.
Arabic
Chinese
Dutch
English
French
German
Italian
Kiswahili
Portuguese
Quechua
Spanish
I processed the Languages fields again to determine which of these
languages are spoken in each country. Below is a list showing the results
of this analysis. The name of each country is followed by its ISO code,
which I obtained directly from the ISO website.
ISO: English country names and code elements
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html
Following the ISO code on each line is the list of language clusters
to which the country belongs, or the notation "--" in the event that it
belongs to none.
Afghanistan AF --
Albania AL --
Algeria DZ Arabic, French
American Samoa AS English
Andorra AD French, Portuguese
Angola AO Portuguese
Anguilla AI English
Antigua and Barbuda AG English
Argentina AR English, French, German, Italian
Armenia AM --
Aruba AW Dutch, English, Portuguese
Australia AU English
Austria AT German
Azerbaijan AZ --
Bahamas BS English
Bahrain BH Arabic, English
Bangladesh BD English
Barbados BB English
Belarus BY --
Belgium BE Dutch, French, German
Belize BZ English
Benin BJ French
Bermuda BM English, Portuguese
Bhutan BT --
Bolivia BO Quechua
Bosnia and Herzegovina BA --
Botswana BW English
Brazil BR English, French, Portuguese
British Virgin Islands VG English
Brunei Darussalam BN Chinese, English
Bulgaria BG --
Burkina Faso BF French
Myanmar MM --
Burundi BI French
Cambodia KH English, French
Cameroon CM English, French
Canada CA English, French
Cape Verde CV Portuguese
Cayman Islands KY English
Central African Republic CF French
Chad TD Arabic, French
Chile CL --
China CN Chinese
Christmas Island CX Chinese, English
Cocos (Keeling) Islands CC English
Colombia CO --
Comoros KM Arabic, French
Congo, Democratic Republic of the CD French, Kiswahili
Congo CG French
Cook Islands CK English
Costa Rica CR English
Cote d'Ivoire CI French
Croatia HR German, Italian
Cuba CU --
Cyprus CY English
Czech Republic CZ --
Denmark DK English, German
Djibouti DJ Arabic, French
Dominica DM English, French
Dominican Republic DO --
East Timor TL English, Portuguese
Ecuador EC Quechua
Egypt EG Arabic, English, French
El Salvador SV --
Equatorial Guinea GQ English, French
Eritrea ER Arabic
Estonia EE --
Ethiopia ET Arabic, English
Faroe Islands FO --
Fiji FJ English
Finland FI --
France FR French
French Guiana GF French
French Polynesia PF French
Gabon GA French
Gambia GM English
Georgia GE --
Germany DE German
Ghana GH English
Gibraltar GI English, Italian, Portuguese
Greece GR English, French
Greenland GL English
Grenada GD English, French
Guadeloupe GP French
Guam GU English
Guatemala GT --
Guinea GN French
Guinea-Bissau GW Portuguese
Guyana GY English
Haiti HT French
Honduras HN --
Hong Kong HK Chinese, English
Hungary HU --
Iceland IS English, German
India IN English
Indonesia ID Dutch, English
Iran IR Arabic
Iraq IQ Arabic
Ireland IE English
Israel IL Arabic, English
Italy IT French, German, Italian
Jamaica JM English
Japan JP --
Jordan JO Arabic, English
Kazakhstan KZ --
Kenya KE English, Kiswahili
Kiribati KI English
North Korea KP Korean
South Korea KR Korean, English
Kuwait KW Arabic, English
Kyrgyzstan KG --
Laos LA English, French
Latvia LV --
Lebanon LB Arabic, English, French
Lesotho LS English
Liberia LR English
Libya LY Arabic, English, Italian
Liechtenstein LI German
Lithuania LT --
Luxembourg LU French, German
Macao MO Chinese, Portuguese
Macedonia MK --
Madagascar MG French
Malawi MW English
Malaysia MY Chinese, English
Maldives MV Arabic, English
Mali ML French
Malta MT English
Marshall Islands MH English
Martinique MQ French
Mauritania MR Arabic, French
Mauritius MU English, French
Mayotte YT French
Mexico MX --
Micronesia, Federated States of FM English
Moldova MD --
Monaco MC English, French, Italian
Mongolia MN --
Montserrat MS English
Morocco MA Arabic, French
Mozambique MZ Portuguese
Namibia NA English, German
Nauru NR English
Nepal NP English
Netherlands NL Dutch
Netherlands Antilles AN Dutch, English, Portuguese
New Caledonia NC French
New Zealand NZ English
Nicaragua NI English
Niger NE French
Nigeria NG English
Niue NU English
Norfolk Island NF English
Northern Mariana Islands MP English
Norway NO --
Oman OM Arabic, English
Pakistan PK English
Palau PW English
Panama PA English
Papua New Guinea PG English
Paraguay PY --
Peru PE Quechua
Philippines PH English
Pitcairn PN English
Poland PL --
Portugal PT Portuguese
Puerto Rico PR English
Qatar QA Arabic, English
Reunion RE French
Romania RO German
Russia RU --
Rwanda RW English, French, Kiswahili
Saint Helena SH English
Saint Kitts and Nevis KN English
Saint Lucia LC English, French
Saint Pierre and Miquelon PM French
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC English, French
Samoa WS English
San Marino SM Italian
Sao Tome and Principe ST Portuguese
Saudi Arabia SA Arabic
Senegal SN French
Serbia and Montenegro CS --
Seychelles SC English, French
Sierra Leone SL English
Singapore SG Chinese, English
Slovakia SK --
Slovenia SI --
Solomon Islands SB English
Somalia SO Arabic, English, Italian
South Africa ZA English
Spain ES --
Sri Lanka LK English
Sudan SD Arabic, English
Suriname SR Dutch, English
Swaziland SZ English
Sweden SE --
Switzerland CH French, German, Italian
Syria SY Arabic, English, French
Taiwan TW Chinese
Tajikistan TJ --
Tanzania TZ Arabic, English, Kiswahili
Thailand TH English
Togo TG French
Tokelau TK English
Tonga TO English
Trinidad and Tobago TT Chinese, English, French
Tunisia TN Arabic, French
Turkey TR Arabic
Turkmenistan TM --
Turks and Caicos Islands TC English
Tuvalu TV English
Uganda UG Arabic, English
Ukraine UA --
United Arab Emirates AE Arabic, English
United Kingdom GB English
United States US English
Uruguay UY Portuguese
Uzbekistan UZ --
Vanuatu VU English, French
Venezuela VE --
Vietnam VN Chinese, English, French
Wallis and Futuna WF French
Western Sahara EH Arabic
Yemen YE Arabic
Zambia ZM English
Zimbabwe ZW English
I'm afraid I was unable to find a consistent definition of "colony" with
which I could label these countries. I did, however, locate two attractive
maps showing all members of The Francophonie, which is the official
association of French-speaking and strongly French-influenced countries.
Cinemas Francophones: La Francophonie
http://www.cinemasfrancophones.org/carte_francophonie.jpg
Government of Canada: La Francophonie
http://atlas.gc.ca/rasterimages/francais/maps/reference/international/francophonie.jpg
Finally, I have prepared a listing of individual country maps by language
cluster. Due to space limitations, I have identified each country with
its ISO code rather than its full name.
Arabic
DZ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ag-map.gif
BH http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ba-map.gif
TD http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cd-map.gif
KM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cn-map.gif
DJ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/dj-map.gif
EG http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/eg-map.gif
ER http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/er-map.gif
ET http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/et-map.gif
IR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ir-map.gif
IQ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/iz-map.gif
IL http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/is-map.gif
JO http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/jo-map.gif
KW http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ku-map.gif
LB http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/le-map.gif
LY http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ly-map.gif
MV http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/mv-map.gif
MR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/mr-map.gif
MA http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/mo-map.gif
OM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/mu-map.gif
QA http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/qa-map.gif
SA http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/sa-map.gif
SO http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/so-map.gif
SD http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/su-map.gif
SY http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/sy-map.gif
TZ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/tz-map.gif
TN http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ts-map.gif
TR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/tu-map.gif
UG http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ug-map.gif
AE http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ae-map.gif
EH http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/wi-map.gif
YE http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ym-map.gif
Chinese
BN http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/bx-map.gif
CN http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ch-map.gif
CX http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/kt-map.gif
HK http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/hk-map.gif
MO http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/mc-map.gif
MY http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/my-map.gif
SG http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/sn-map.gif
TT http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/td-map.gif
VN http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/vm-map.gif
TW http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/tw-map.gif
Dutch
AW http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/aa-map.gif
BE http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/be-map.gif
ID http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/id-map.gif
NL http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/nl-map.gif
AN http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/nt-map.gif
SR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ns-map.gif
English
AS http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/aq-map.gif
AI http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/av-map.gif
AG http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ac-map.gif
AR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ar-map.gif
AW http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/aa-map.gif
AU http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/as-map.gif
BS http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/bf-map.gif
BH http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ba-map.gif
BD http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/bg-map.gif
BB http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/bb-map.gif
BZ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/bh-map.gif
BM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/bd-map.gif
BW http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/bc-map.gif
BR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/br-map.gif
VG http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/vi-map.gif
BN http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/bx-map.gif
KH http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cb-map.gif
CM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cm-map.gif
CA http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ca-map.gif
KY http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cj-map.gif
CX http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/kt-map.gif
CC http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ck-map.gif
CK http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cw-map.gif
CR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cs-map.gif
CY http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cy-map.gif
DK http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/da-map.gif
DM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/do-map.gif
TL http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/tt-map.gif
EG http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/eg-map.gif
GQ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ek-map.gif
ET http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/et-map.gif
FJ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/fj-map.gif
GM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ga-map.gif
GH http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/gh-map.gif
GI http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/gi-map.gif
GR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/gr-map.gif
GL http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/gl-map.gif
GD http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/gj-map.gif
GU http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/gq-map.gif
GY http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/gy-map.gif
HK http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/hk-map.gif
IS http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ic-map.gif
IN http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/in-map.gif
ID http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/id-map.gif
IE http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ei-map.gif
IL http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/is-map.gif
JM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/jm-map.gif
JO http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/jo-map.gif
KE http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ke-map.gif
KI http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/kr-map.gif
KR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ks-map.gif
KW http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ku-map.gif
LA http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/la-map.gif
LB http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/le-map.gif
LS http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/lt-map.gif
LR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/li-map.gif
LY http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ly-map.gif
MW http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/mi-map.gif
MY http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/my-map.gif
MV http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/mv-map.gif
MT http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/mt-map.gif
MH http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/rm-map.gif
MU http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/mp-map.gif
FM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/fm-map.gif
MC http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/mn-map.gif
MS http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/mh-map.gif
NA http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/wa-map.gif
NR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/nr-map.gif
NP http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/np-map.gif
AN http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/nt-map.gif
NZ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/nz-map.gif
NI http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/nu-map.gif
NG http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ni-map.gif
NU http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ne-map.gif
NF http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/nf-map.gif
MP http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cq-map.gif
OM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/mu-map.gif
PK http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/pk-map.gif
PW http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ps-map.gif
PA http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/pm-map.gif
PG http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/pp-map.gif
PH http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/rp-map.gif
PN http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/pc-map.gif
PR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/rq-map.gif
QA http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/qa-map.gif
RW http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/rw-map.gif
SH http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/sh-map.gif
KN http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/sc-map.gif
LC http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/st-map.gif
VC http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/vc-map.gif
WS http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ws-map.gif
SC http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/se-map.gif
SL http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/sl-map.gif
SG http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/sn-map.gif
SB http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/bp-map.gif
SO http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/so-map.gif
ZA http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/sf-map.gif
LK http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ce-map.gif
SD http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/su-map.gif
SR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ns-map.gif
SZ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/wz-map.gif
SY http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/sy-map.gif
TZ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/tz-map.gif
TH http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/th-map.gif
TK http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/tl-map.gif
TO http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/tn-map.gif
TT http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/td-map.gif
TC http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/tk-map.gif
TV http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/tv-map.gif
UG http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ug-map.gif
AE http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ae-map.gif
GB http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/uk-map.gif
US http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/us-map.gif
VU http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/nh-map.gif
VN http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/vm-map.gif
ZM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/za-map.gif
ZW http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/zi-map.gif
French
DZ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ag-map.gif
AD http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/an-map.gif
AR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ar-map.gif
BE http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/be-map.gif
BJ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/bn-map.gif
BR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/br-map.gif
BF http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/uv-map.gif
BI http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/by-map.gif
KH http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cb-map.gif
CM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cm-map.gif
CA http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ca-map.gif
CF http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ct-map.gif
TD http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cd-map.gif
KM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cn-map.gif
CD http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cg-map.gif
CG http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/cf-map.gif
CI http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/iv-map.gif
DJ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/dj-map.gif
DM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/do-map.gif
EG http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/eg-map.gif
GQ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ek-map.gif
FR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/fr-map.gif
GF http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/fg-map.gif
PF http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/fp-map.gif
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GR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/gr-map.gif
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VN http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/vm-map.gif
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German
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AT http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/au-map.gif
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RO http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ro-map.gif
CH http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/sz-map.gif
Italian
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HR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/hr-map.gif
GI http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/gi-map.gif
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SM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/sm-map.gif
SO http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/so-map.gif
CH http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/sz-map.gif
Kiswahili
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KE http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ke-map.gif
RW http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/rw-map.gif
TZ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/tz-map.gif
Korean
KP http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/kn-map.gif
KR http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ks-map.gif
Portuguese
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AO http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ao-map.gif
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PT http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/po-map.gif
ST http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/tp-map.gif
UY http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/uy-map.gif
Quechua
BO http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/bl-map.gif
EC http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/ec-map.gif
PE http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/pe-map.gif
It has been an interesting challenge to address this question on your
behalf. If you find fault with my answer, please inform me through a
Clarification Request so that I may fully meet your needs before you
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Regards,
leapinglizard |
Clarification of Answer by
leapinglizard-ga
on
07 Apr 2005 02:53 PDT
My colleague politicalguru remarks that I neglected Russian. Indeed,
it didn't make the list of official languages due to a parsing error.
Below is the corrected country list, followed by a list of individual
maps for the Russian language cluster.
leapinglizard
Afghanistan AF --
Albania AL --
Algeria DZ Arabic, French
American Samoa AS English
Andorra AD French, Portuguese
Angola AO Portuguese
Anguilla AI English
Antigua and Barbuda AG English
Argentina AR English, French, German, Italian
Armenia AM Russian
Aruba AW Dutch, English, Portuguese
Australia AU English
Austria AT German
Azerbaijan AZ Russian
Bahamas BS English
Bahrain BH Arabic, English
Bangladesh BD English
Barbados BB English
Belarus BY Russian
Belgium BE Dutch, French, German
Belize BZ English
Benin BJ French
Bermuda BM English, Portuguese
Bhutan BT --
Bolivia BO Quechua
Bosnia and Herzegovina BA --
Botswana BW English
Brazil BR English, French, Portuguese
British Virgin Islands VG English
Brunei Darussalam BN Chinese, English
Bulgaria BG --
Burkina Faso BF French
Burundi BI French
Cambodia KH English, French
Cameroon CM English, French
Canada CA English, French
Cape Verde CV Portuguese
Cayman Islands KY English
Central African Republic CF French
Chad TD Arabic, French
Chile CL --
China CN Chinese
Christmas Island CX Chinese, English
Cocos (Keeling) Islands CC English
Colombia CO --
Comoros KM Arabic, French
Congo CG French
Congo, Democratic Republic of the CD French, Kiswahili
Cook Islands CK English
Costa Rica CR English
Cote d'Ivoire CI French
Croatia HR German, Italian
Cuba CU --
Cyprus CY English
Czech Republic CZ --
Denmark DK English, German
Djibouti DJ Arabic, French
Dominica DM English, French
Dominican Republic DO --
East Timor TL English, Portuguese
Ecuador EC Quechua
Egypt EG Arabic, English, French
El Salvador SV --
Equatorial Guinea GQ English, French
Eritrea ER Arabic
Estonia EE Russian
Ethiopia ET Arabic, English
Faroe Islands FO --
Fiji FJ English
Finland FI Russian
France FR French
French Guiana GF French
French Polynesia PF French
Gabon GA French
Gambia GM English
Georgia GE Russian
Germany DE German
Ghana GH English
Gibraltar GI English, Italian, Portuguese
Greece GR English, French
Greenland GL English
Grenada GD English, French
Guadeloupe GP French
Guam GU English
Guatemala GT --
Guinea GN French
Guinea-Bissau GW Portuguese
Guyana GY English
Haiti HT French
Honduras HN --
Hong Kong HK Chinese, English
Hungary HU --
Iceland IS English, German
India IN English
Indonesia ID Dutch, English
Iran IR Arabic
Iraq IQ Arabic
Ireland IE English
Israel IL Arabic, English
Italy IT French, German, Italian
Jamaica JM English
Japan JP --
Jordan JO Arabic, English
Kazakhstan KZ Russian
Kenya KE English, Kiswahili
Kiribati KI English
Kuwait KW Arabic, English
Kyrgyzstan KG Russian
Laos LA English, French
Latvia LV Russian
Lebanon LB Arabic, English, French
Lesotho LS English
Liberia LR English
Libya LY Arabic, English, Italian
Liechtenstein LI German
Lithuania LT Russian
Luxembourg LU French, German
Macao MO Chinese, Portuguese
Macedonia MK --
Madagascar MG French
Malawi MW English
Malaysia MY Chinese, English
Maldives MV Arabic, English
Mali ML French
Malta MT English
Marshall Islands MH English
Martinique MQ French
Mauritania MR Arabic, French
Mauritius MU English, French
Mayotte YT French
Mexico MX --
Micronesia, Federated States of FM English
Moldova MD Russian
Monaco MC English, French, Italian
Mongolia MN Russian
Montserrat MS English
Morocco MA Arabic, French
Mozambique MZ Portuguese
Myanmar MM --
Namibia NA English, German
Nauru NR English
Nepal NP English
Netherlands NL Dutch
Netherlands Antilles AN Dutch, English, Portuguese
New Caledonia NC French
New Zealand NZ English
Nicaragua NI English
Niger NE French
Nigeria NG English
Niue NU English
Norfolk Island NF English
North Korea KP Korean
Northern Mariana Islands MP English
Norway NO --
Oman OM Arabic, English
Pakistan PK English
Palau PW English
Panama PA English
Papua New Guinea PG English
Paraguay PY --
Peru PE Quechua
Philippines PH English
Pitcairn PN English
Poland PL --
Portugal PT Portuguese
Puerto Rico PR English
Qatar QA Arabic, English
Reunion RE French
Romania RO German
Russia RU Russian
Rwanda RW English, French, Kiswahili
Saint Helena SH English
Saint Kitts and Nevis KN English
Saint Lucia LC English, French
Saint Pierre and Miquelon PM French
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC English, French
Samoa WS English
San Marino SM Italian
Sao Tome and Principe ST Portuguese
Saudi Arabia SA Arabic
Senegal SN French
Serbia and Montenegro CS --
Seychelles SC English, French
Sierra Leone SL English
Singapore SG Chinese, English
Slovakia SK --
Slovenia SI --
Solomon Islands SB English
Somalia SO Arabic, English, Italian
South Africa ZA English
South Korea KR English, Korean
Spain ES --
Sri Lanka LK English
Sudan SD Arabic, English
Suriname SR Dutch, English
Swaziland SZ English
Sweden SE --
Switzerland CH French, German, Italian
Syria SY Arabic, English, French
Taiwan TW Chinese
Tajikistan TJ Russian
Tanzania TZ Arabic, English, Kiswahili
Thailand TH English
Togo TG French
Tokelau TK English
Tonga TO English
Trinidad and Tobago TT Chinese, English, French
Tunisia TN Arabic, French
Turkey TR Arabic
Turkmenistan TM Russian
Turks and Caicos Islands TC English
Tuvalu TV English
Uganda UG Arabic, English
Ukraine UA Russian
United Arab Emirates AE Arabic, English
United Kingdom GB English
United States US English
Uruguay UY Portuguese
Uzbekistan UZ Russian
Vanuatu VU English, French
Venezuela VE --
Vietnam VN Chinese, English, French
Wallis and Futuna WF French
Western Sahara EH Arabic
Yemen YE Arabic
Zambia ZM English
Zimbabwe ZW English
Russian
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AZ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/aj-map.gif
BY http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/bo-map.gif
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TM http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/tx-map.gif
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Request for Answer Clarification by
5013-ga
on
07 Apr 2005 04:28 PDT
leapinglizard- GOOD, but some modifications are needed:
1) After adding Russian language, pls make an effort to add the
Spanish; it is missing in all Latin American countries (Bolivia,
Chile, Colombia?)!
2)In each country you assorted the language by alpha bet; pls assort
for every country by percentage of speakers: eg Brazil instead of
English, French, Portuguese- pls write Portoguese, English French (?);
(what is more important in Cameroon English or French?)
3) Even I wrote ISO 3166 in my original Q, I use in my data base the
Worldbank and ITU codes for countries; I can transfer from FIPS_CNTRY
to World Bank; the ISO 3166 two characters is different than FIPS two
characters; e.g. Bahamas is BF in FIPS (and BHS as GMI ,World-Bank)
while it is BF in ISO. In order to transfer the info to my excel data
base, is it possible to provide a file transferring Codes? Pls
organise all the results in an excel file, assorted by the WorldBank
code; you may use different column for first second third language.
4) Leapinglizard thanks for the French speaking map (as I asked in the
Q); is it possible to add a map of countries speaking English (not
only as first language); the same for Arabic and Russian speaking
maps.
NB- Romanian is spoken also in Moldova. Success
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Clarification of Answer by
leapinglizard-ga
on
07 Apr 2005 17:27 PDT
1)
You're quite right, I accidentally omitted Spanish from my script. This
has been corrected in the new list below. I have also added Romanian,
although the official language of Moldova is called Moldovan. The CIA
World Fact Book does note that Moldovan is essentially the same as
Romanian. There are now 14 language clusters, as follows.
Arabic
Chinese
Dutch
English
French
German
Italian
Kiswahili
Korean
Portuguese
Quechua
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
2)
I shall rank the languages by the order in which they are listed in the
CIA World Fact Book. As far as I can tell, these are indeed given by
decreasing order of prevalence, although the percentages are not always
specified. In the case of Brazil, for example, the order is Portuguese,
Spanish, English, French.
3)
In addition to a textual listing, I have prepared an Excel file containing
the following information for each country name: ISO code, World Bank
code, ITU code, FIPS code, independence status, and up to five language
clusters. Download this file from the following link.
plg.uwaterloo.ca/~mlaszlo/answers/language_clusters.xls
4)
I have found the following two maps, one of them labeled in English
and the other in German, that color-code countries of the world
according to many different languages.
Udon: Sprachweltkarte
http://www.udon.de/sprachk.htm
Maps of the World: World Languages
http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-languages-map.gif
leapinglizard
Afghanistan Independent? Yes
AF AFG AFG AF
Albania Independent? Yes
AL ALB ALB AL
Algeria Independent? Yes
DZ DZA ALG AG Arabic, French
American Samoa Independent? Territory of US
AS ASM SMA AQ English
Andorra Independent? Yes
AD AND AND AN French, Portuguese
Angola Independent? Yes
AO AGO AGL AO Portuguese
Anguilla Independent? Territory of GB
AI AIA AIA AV English
Antigua and Barbuda Independent? Yes
AG ATG ATG AC English
Argentina Independent? Yes
AR ARG ARG AR Spanish, English, Italian, German, French
Armenia Independent? Yes
AM ARM ARM AM Russian
Aruba Independent? Part of NL
AW ABW ABW AA Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Australia Independent? Yes
AU AUS AUS AS English
Austria Independent? Yes
AT AUT AUT AU German
Azerbaijan Independent? Yes
AZ AZE AZE AJ Russian
Bahamas Independent? Yes
BS BHS BAH BF English
Bahrain Independent? Yes
BH BHR BHR BA Arabic, English
Bangladesh Independent? Yes
BD BGD BGD BG English
Barbados Independent? Yes
BB BRB BRB BB English
Belarus Independent? Yes
BY BLR BLR BO Russian
Belgium Independent? Yes
BE BEL BEL BE Dutch, French, German
Belize Independent? Yes
BZ BLZ BLZ BH English, Spanish
Benin Independent? Yes
BJ BEN BEN BN French
Bermuda Independent? Territory of GB
BM BMU BER BD English, Portuguese
Bhutan Independent? Yes
BT BTN BTN BT
Bolivia Independent? Yes
BO BOL BOL BL Spanish, Quechua
Bosnia and Herzegovina Independent? Yes
BA BIH BIH BK
Botswana Independent? Yes
BW BWA BOT BC English
Brazil Independent? Yes
BR BRA B BR Portuguese, Spanish, English, French
British Virgin Islands Independent? Territory of GB
VG VGB VRG VI English
Brunei Darussalam Independent? Yes
BN BRN BRU BX English, Chinese
Bulgaria Independent? Yes
BG BGR BUL BU
Burkina Faso Independent? Yes
BF BFA BFA UV French
Burundi Independent? Yes
BI BDI BDI BY French
Cambodia Independent? Yes
KH KHM CBG CB French, English
Cameroon Independent? Yes
CM CMR CME CM English, French
Canada Independent? Yes
CA CAN CAN CA English, French
Cape Verde Independent? Yes
CV CPV CPV CV Portuguese
Cayman Islands Independent? Territory of GB
KY CYM CYM CJ English
Central African Republic Independent? Yes
CF CAF CAF CT French
Chad Independent? Yes
TD TCD TCD CD French, Arabic
Chile Independent? Yes
CL CHL CHL CI Spanish
China Independent? Yes
CN CHN CHN CH Chinese
Christmas Island Independent? Territory of AU
CX CXR CHR KT English, Chinese
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Independent? Territory of AU
CC CCK ICO CK English
Colombia Independent? Yes
CO COL CLM CO Spanish
Comoros Independent? Yes
KM COM COM CN Arabic, French
Congo Independent? Yes
CG COG COG CF French
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Independent? Yes
CD COD COD CG French, Kiswahili
Cook Islands Independent? Associated with NZ
CK COK CKH CW English
Costa Rica Independent? Yes
CR CRI CTR CS Spanish, English
Cote d'Ivoire Independent? Yes
CI CIV CTI IV French
Croatia Independent? Yes
HR HRV HRV HR Italian, German
Cuba Independent? Yes
CU CUB CUB CU Spanish
Cyprus Independent? Yes
CY CYP CYP CY English
Czech Republic Independent? Yes
CZ CZE CZE EZ
Denmark Independent? Yes
DK DNK DNK DA German, English
Djibouti Independent? Yes
DJ DJI DJI DJ French, Arabic
Dominica Independent? Yes
DM DMA DMA DO English, French
Dominican Republic Independent? Yes
DO DOM DOM DR Spanish
East Timor Independent? Yes
TL TLS TMP TT Portuguese, English
Ecuador Independent? Yes
EC ECU EQA EC Spanish, Quechua
Egypt Independent? Yes
EG EGY EGY EG Arabic, English, French
El Salvador Independent? Yes
SV SLV SLV ES Spanish
Equatorial Guinea Independent? Yes
GQ GNQ GNE EK Spanish, French, English
Eritrea Independent? Yes
ER ERI ERI ER Arabic
Estonia Independent? Yes
EE EST EST EN Russian
Ethiopia Independent? Yes
ET ETH ETH ET Arabic, English
Faroe Islands Independent? Part of DK
FO FRO FRO FO
Fiji Independent? Yes
FJ FJI FJI FJ English
Finland Independent? Yes
FI FIN FIN FI Russian
France Independent? Yes
FR FRA F FR French
French Guiana Independent? Part of FR
GF GUF GUF FG French
French Polynesia Independent? Territory of FR
PF PYF OCE FP French
Gabon Independent? Yes
GA GAB GAB GB French
Gambia Independent? Yes
GM GMB GMB GA English
Georgia Independent? Yes
GE GEO GEO GG Russian
Germany Independent? Yes
DE DEU D GM German
Ghana Independent? Yes
GH GHA GHA GH English
Gibraltar Independent? Territory of GB
GI GIB GIB GI English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Greece Independent? Yes
GR GRC GRC GR English, French
Greenland Independent? Part of DK
GL GRL GRL GL English
Grenada Independent? Yes
GD GRD GRD GJ English, French
Guadeloupe Independent? Part of FR
GP GLP GDL GP French
Guam Independent? Territory of US
GU GUM GUM GQ English
Guatemala Independent? Yes
GT GTM GTM GT Spanish
Guinea Independent? Yes
GN GIN GUI GV French
Guinea-Bissau Independent? Yes
GW GNB GNB PU Portuguese
Guyana Independent? Yes
GY GUY GUY GY English
Haiti Independent? Yes
HT HTI HTI HA French
Honduras Independent? Yes
HN HND HND HO Spanish
Hong Kong Independent? Part of CN
HK HKG HKG HK Chinese, English
Hungary Independent? Yes
HU HUN HNG HU
Iceland Independent? Yes
IS ISL ISL IC English, German
India Independent? Yes
IN IND IND IN English
Indonesia Independent? Yes
ID IDN INS ID English, Dutch
Iran Independent? Yes
IR IRN IRN IR Arabic
Iraq Independent? Yes
IQ IRQ IRQ IZ Arabic
Ireland Independent? Yes
IE IRL IRL EI English
Israel Independent? Yes
IL ISR ISR IS Arabic, English
Italy Independent? Yes
IT ITA I IT Italian, German, French
Jamaica Independent? Yes
JM JAM JMC JM English
Japan Independent? Yes
JP JPN J JA
Jordan Independent? Yes
JO JOR JOR JO Arabic, English
Kazakhstan Independent? Yes
KZ KAZ KAZ KZ Russian
Kenya Independent? Yes
KE KEN KEN KE English, Kiswahili
Kiribati Independent? Yes
KI KIR KIR KR English
Kuwait Independent? Yes
KW KWT KWT KU Arabic, English
Kyrgyzstan Independent? Yes
KG KGZ KGZ KG Russian
Laos Independent? Yes
LA LAO LAO LA French, English
Latvia Independent? Yes
LV LVA LVA LG Russian
Lebanon Independent? Yes
LB LBN LBN LE Arabic, French, English
Lesotho Independent? Yes
LS LSO LSO LT English
Liberia Independent? Yes
LR LBR LBR LI English
Libya Independent? Yes
LY LBY LBY LY Arabic, Italian, English
Liechtenstein Independent? Yes
LI LIE LIE LS German
Lithuania Independent? Yes
LT LTU LTU LH Russian
Luxembourg Independent? Yes
LU LUX LUX LU German, French
Macao Independent? Part of CN
MO MAC MAC MC Portuguese, Chinese
Macedonia Independent? Yes
MK MKD MKD MK
Madagascar Independent? Yes
MG MDG MDG MA French
Malawi Independent? Yes
MW MWI MWI MI English
Malaysia Independent? Yes
MY MYS MLA MY English, Chinese
Maldives Independent? Yes
MV MDV MLD MV Arabic, English
Mali Independent? Yes
ML MLI MLI ML French
Malta Independent? Yes
MT MLT MLT MT English
Marshall Islands Independent? Yes
MH MHL MHL RM English
Martinique Independent? Part of FR
MQ MTQ MRT MB French
Mauritania Independent? Yes
MR MRT MTN MR Arabic, French
Mauritius Independent? Yes
MU MUS MAU MP English, French
Mayotte Independent? Part of FR
YT MYT MYT MF French
Mexico Independent? Yes
MX MEX MEX MX Spanish
Micronesia, Federated States of Independent? Yes
FM FSM FSM FM English
Moldova Independent? Yes
MD MDA MDA MD Romanian, Russian
Monaco Independent? Yes
MC MCO MCO MN French, English, Italian
Mongolia Independent? Yes
MN MNG MNG MG Russian
Montserrat Independent? Territory of GB
MS MSR MSR MH English
Morocco Independent? Yes
MA MAR MRC MO Arabic, French
Mozambique Independent? Yes
MZ MOZ MOZ MZ Portuguese
Myanmar Independent? Yes
MM MMR BRM BM
Namibia Independent? Yes
NA NAM NMB WA English, German
Nauru Independent? Yes
NR NRU NRU NR English
Nepal Independent? Yes
NP NPL NPL NP English
Netherlands Independent? Yes
NL NLD HOL NL Dutch
Netherlands Antilles Independent? Part of NL
AN ANT ATN NT Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, English
New Caledonia Independent? Territory of FR
NC NCL NCL NC French
New Zealand Independent? Yes
NZ NZL NZL NZ English
Nicaragua Independent? Yes
NI NIC NCG NU Spanish, English
Niger Independent? Yes
NE NER NGR NG French
Nigeria Independent? Yes
NG NGA NIG NI English
Niue Independent? Associated with NZ
NU NIU NIU NE English
Norfolk Island Independent? Territory of AU
NF NFK NFK NF English
North Korea Independent? Yes
KP PRK KRE KN Korean
Northern Mariana Islands Independent? Commonwealth of US
MP MNP MRA CQ English
Norway Independent? Yes
NO NOR NOR NO
Oman Independent? Yes
OM OMN OMA MU Arabic, English
Pakistan Independent? Yes
PK PAK PAK PK English
Palau Independent? Yes
PW PLW PLW PS English
Panama Independent? Yes
PA PAN PNR PM Spanish, English
Papua New Guinea Independent? Yes
PG PNG PNG PP English
Paraguay Independent? Yes
PY PRY PRG PA Spanish
Peru Independent? Yes
PE PER PRU PE Spanish, Quechua
Philippines Independent? Yes
PH PHL PHL RP English
Pitcairn Independent? Territory of GB
PN PCN PTC PC English
Poland Independent? Yes
PL POL POL PL
Portugal Independent? Yes
PT PRT POR PO Portuguese
Puerto Rico Independent? Commonwealth of US
PR PRI PTR RQ Spanish, English
Qatar Independent? Yes
QA QAT QAT QA Arabic, English
Reunion Independent? Part of FR
RE REU REU RE French
Romania Independent? Yes
RO ROU ROU RO Romanian, German
Russia Independent? Yes
RU RUS RUS RS Russian
Rwanda Independent? Yes
RW RWA RRW RW French, English, Kiswahili
Saint Helena Independent? Territory of GB
SH SHN SHN SH English
Saint Kitts and Nevis Independent? Yes
KN KNA SCN SC English
Saint Lucia Independent? Yes
LC LCA LCA ST English, French
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Independent? Part of FR
PM SPM SPM SB French
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Independent? Yes
VC VCT VCT VC English, French
Samoa Independent? Yes
WS WSM SMO WS English
San Marino Independent? Yes
SM SMR SMR SM Italian
Sao Tome and Principe Independent? Yes
ST STP STP TP Portuguese
Saudi Arabia Independent? Yes
SA SAU ARS SA Arabic
Senegal Independent? Yes
SN SEN SEN SG French
Serbia and Montenegro Independent? Yes
CS SCG YUG YI
Seychelles Independent? Yes
SC SYC SEY SE English, French
Sierra Leone Independent? Yes
SL SLE SRL SL English
Singapore Independent? Yes
SG SGP SNG SN Chinese, English
Slovakia Independent? Yes
SK SVK SVK LO
Slovenia Independent? Yes
SI SVN SVN SI
Solomon Islands Independent? Yes
SB SLB SLM BP English
Somalia Independent? Yes
SO SOM SOM SO Arabic, Italian, English
South Africa Independent? Yes
ZA ZAF AFS SF English
South Korea Independent? Yes
KR KOR KOR KS Korean, English
Spain Independent? Yes
ES ESP E SP Spanish
Sri Lanka Independent? Yes
LK LKA CLN CE English
Sudan Independent? Yes
SD SDN SDN SU Arabic, English
Suriname Independent? Yes
SR SUR SUR NS Dutch, English
Swaziland Independent? Yes
SZ SWZ SWZ WZ English
Sweden Independent? Yes
SE SWE S SW
Switzerland Independent? Yes
CH CHE SUI SZ German, French, Italian
Syria Independent? Yes
SY SYR SYR SY Arabic, French, English
Taiwan Independent? Yes
TW TWN TW Chinese
Tajikistan Independent? Yes
TJ TJK TJK TI Russian
Tanzania Independent? Yes
TZ TZA TZA TZ Kiswahili, English, Arabic
Thailand Independent? Yes
TH THA THA TH English
Togo Independent? Yes
TG TGO TGO TO French
Tokelau Independent? Territory of NZ
TK TKL TKL TL English
Tonga Independent? Yes
TO TON TON TN English
Trinidad and Tobago Independent? Yes
TT TTO TRD TD English, French, Spanish, Chinese
Tunisia Independent? Yes
TN TUN TUN TS Arabic, French
Turkey Independent? Yes
TR TUR TUR TU Arabic
Turkmenistan Independent? Yes
TM TKM TKM TX Russian
Turks and Caicos Islands Independent? Territory of GB
TC TCA TCA TK English
Tuvalu Independent? Yes
TV TUV TUV TV English
Uganda Independent? Yes
UG UGA UGA UG English, Arabic
Ukraine Independent? Yes
UA UKR UKR UP Russian, Romanian
United Arab Emirates Independent? Yes
AE ARE UAE AE Arabic, English
United Kingdom Independent? Yes
GB GBR G UK English
United States Independent? Yes
US USA USA US English, Spanish
Uruguay Independent? Yes
UY URY URG UY Spanish, Portuguese
Uzbekistan Independent? Yes
UZ UZB UZB UZ Russian
Vanuatu Independent? Yes
VU VUT VUT NH English, French
Venezuela Independent? Yes
VE VEN VEN VE Spanish
Vietnam Independent? Yes
VN VNM VTN VM English, French, Chinese
Wallis and Futuna Independent? Territory of FR
WF WLF WAL WF French
Western Sahara Independent? In contention
EH ESH AOE WI Arabic
Yemen Independent? Yes
YE YEM YEM YM Arabic
Zambia Independent? Yes
ZM ZMB ZMB ZA English
Zimbabwe Independent? Yes
ZW ZWE ZWE ZI English
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Clarification of Answer by
leapinglizard-ga
on
07 Apr 2005 17:28 PDT
Whoops, I missed part of the link to the Excel file. Here it is.
http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~mlaszlo/answers/language_clusters.xls
leapinglizard
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Request for Answer Clarification by
5013-ga
on
08 Apr 2005 13:57 PDT
leapinglizard much better. Coming back to the geopolitical influence,
the material is fruitful. However one more clarification: it is
impossible from the language to separate betweeen the primary and
secondary influence of English and French.
Is it possible leapinglizard to separate the English influence in the
year 2005 by UK (India, Cameroon, Cyprus...), the secondary English
influence of the USA geoplotical influence(countries like American
Samoa, Philippines, Jamaica), or Australia (Papua New Guinea, New
Zealand, Tonga?); the same for French derived directly of France
(French Guiana, Martinique) or Belgium (Congo). So leapinglizard can
you split the English to E1(UK), E2(USA), E3 (AUS?), and F1 (France),
F2 (Belgium.) Regarding English, you may use the response of
scriptor-ga to my Question ID: 504446 on Right-Left Driving, in ordwr
to identify the UK (Left Driving) or the US (Right Driving) or the
geographical location: Africa (UK), Oceania East (US), West (Aus), or
other indicators.
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Clarification of Answer by
leapinglizard-ga
on
08 Apr 2005 14:51 PDT
I feel that the addition of such subtleties as you describe would go
well beyond the scope of the original question. Don't you agree?
leapinglizard
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Request for Answer Clarification by
5013-ga
on
09 Apr 2005 01:52 PDT
OK leapinglizard-ga, I am satisfied, I agree. However, to separate
English UK and English USA and to get back to geo-political influence,
a simpler(?) request: is it possible to add only in the excel file, a
column that specifies for a country if it belongs to CITEL (or
Organisation of American States-OAS) [thus to indicate the US
influence]; E.U., EFTA; FRATEL (Francophone Telecommunications
Regulatory Network created in 2003)or Francophone, CommonWealth
(Englishphone, or UK influence?), Ex-Communist (former Russia). This
Column + the Language 1 (in the excel) are the appropriate response to
the original geopolitical influence Q, in 2005. leapinglizard-ga, we
are close to '5 stars' answer.
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Clarification of Answer by
leapinglizard-ga
on
09 Apr 2005 03:29 PDT
I might be able to add data that can be automatically extracted from
the CIA World Fact Book or some other source, but there's still a
limit to how much of that I can do. If you want a great deal of
additional work done, you should post it as a new question rather than
passing it off as a Clarification.
Among the organizations you have mentioned, I could do the EU, EFTA,
OAS, and ex-USSR with relative ease. FRATEL and the Commonwealth would
require more work. If I add a column with these notations, do you
promise that you won't request any more changes to this spreadsheet?
leapinglizard
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Request for Answer Clarification by
5013-ga
on
09 Apr 2005 04:39 PDT
leapinglizard- I promise not to request more changes! Pls add only the
EU, EFTA, OAS, and ex-USSR (4 stars) (I thougt that at least the
Commonwealth is easy- 5 stars!). Success
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Clarification of Answer by
leapinglizard-ga
on
09 Apr 2005 15:19 PDT
Download the updated spreadsheet from the following link.
http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~mlaszlo/answers/language_clusters.xls
You will see that one additional column lists EU, EFTA, OAS,
(ex-)USSR, and COMW (Commonwealth) memberships as a comma-separated
list. An additional five columns, one for each organization,
respectively contain an 'X' to denote membership for each country and
a period otherwise.
leapinglizard
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Request for Answer Clarification by
5013-ga
on
17 Apr 2005 15:04 PDT
leapinglizard-ga: sorry for another observation- but there is a need
to correct data. Iran first language is not Arabic, but Persian; may
be it is the reason that they are not member in the Arab League (?).
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Clarification of Answer by
leapinglizard-ga
on
17 Apr 2005 18:49 PDT
That's true, but didn't you say that you were only interested in
languages that are an official language of two or more countries? As
far as I know, Persian is an official language only of Iran.
I've been under the weather lately, but I'll eventually attend to your
Clarification Request on the bandwidth-limits question.
leapinglizard
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