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I live in California, and Spanish is NOT an official language. Somebody should fix that picture. (Cluker (talk) 02:55, 20 March 2008 (UTC))

You're right. I've reverted to an earlier version. — Ƶ§œš¹ 03:13, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

They speak Portuguese in Israel? Since when? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.4.64.40 (talk) 07:17, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

A close inspection has Israel as pink, not orange. Presumably, that's Ladino. — Ƶ§œš¹ 07:46, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

It's Romanian, apparently the most commonly spoken Romance language of Israel, although Ladino and the major languages are all represented. Skrofler (talk) 22:24, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Why is New Mexico dark green? New Mexico doesn't have any official languages, it should be light green. --Hobie (talk) 13:37, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

I could have sworn that the official language of Libya was Arabic. --71.167.255.195 (talk) 01:41, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

who ever made this map needs to fix this. spanish is not an official language. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.124.115 (talk) 09:12, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Rwanda and Burundi are both French speaking, can somebody add them please? Aaker (talk) 22:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Not all colonized country speak the language of the colonizer (this map seem to make this assumption). Not many people in Vietnam, Laos and some other countries speak French (there are more English speakers in Vietnam and Laos than French). Almost no-body in Philippines speak Spanish anymore. There are more French and Spanish speakers in UK and Germany than there is in Vietnam, Laos and Philippines. This map is so racist. Tarikur (talk) 10:54, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

This map is simply wrong in many places. Examples: in contradiction to what the map suggests, there are hardly any native speakers of French in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. In contradiction to what the map suggests, there is a considerable number of native speakers of French in Switzerland. In contradiction to what the map suggests, a higher proportion of the population in most European countries speaks French as a second language than in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. --Babelfisch (talk) 02:49, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

I was also not aware that Switzerland was entirely Romance speaking... in fact, I was under the impression that the majority spoke Swabian German. Alsace, there is still a sizeable minority that speaks Swabian German (in fact, it might still be a slight majority). 108.100.196.141 (talk) 07:48, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Colors are dark where official and light where not official but commonly spoken. — Ƶ§œš¹ 11:27, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

I was not aware that Chicagoland was heavily Spanish. There are many Spanish speakers, but the majority also speak English. It's still an English (and Polish) speaking area. 108.100.196.141 (talk) 07:46, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Colors are dark where official and light where not official but commonly spoken. — Ƶ§œš¹ 11:27, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Spanish is widely spoken in the Chicago area. This map makes it look like Spanish is widely spoken in rural Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. This has not been my experience. What sources were used in determining how big to make that light green splotch?

It appears to me like someone tried to hand draw Illinois onto this projection. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.214.83 (talk) 01:57, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

After ninety seconds of looking at the internet (google image search "spanish in the united states by county") this http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/pics/geo200/language/spanish.gif shows that in 2000 Spanish is widely spoken in a few counties around Chicago, not through the State and into southern Indiana.

Nor is it spoken widely in upstate New York, and only about halfway up Florida. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.214.83 (talk) 02:07, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

This http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/French_in_the_United_States.png

shows that French is spoken in New England, and that it's not widely spoken all over Louisiana.

It would be nice if the wikipedia maps matched. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.214.83 (talk) 02:00, 10 July 2010 (UTC) Though perhaps the creoles, are spoken widely in all parishes of Louisiana. Possible, but not likely.

I live in Peru and I don't have the slightest idea of why it shold be coloured other than dark green like most countries in South America... Please fix that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.236.42.201 (talk) 03:41, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

According to our article on Peru, Spanish is the official language. Are we missing something? — Ƶ§œš¹ 06:23, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

That is actually my point, since it is the official language, why isn't it coloured like Argentina, Mexico or Spain? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.236.104.160 (talk) 21:00, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

The current map is incredibly outdated.

A new version has been uploaded. IntelloFR (talk) 01:59, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

The map: File:Map-Romance Language World.png needs to be updated.

It is incredibly incorrect across the board.

To name a few things:

1. The top of Brazil is missing
2. Equatorial Guinea is not majority native Spanish speaking.
3. French is not the official language many west african states now.
4. French is not spoken in Syria.
5. The top islands of Canada are missing.

IntelloFR (talk) 15:42, 4 July 2024 (UTC)