linguistic map

English

Etymology

Compound of linguistic +‎ map.

Noun

linguistic map (plural linguistic maps)

  1. A linguistic map is a thematic map showing the geographic distribution of the speakers of a language, or isoglosses of a dialect continuum of the same language, or language family. A collection of such maps is a linguistic atlas.
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