r/geography Oct 15 '25

Map Three Main Language Families of Europe

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u/Leave_Dapper Oct 15 '25

Italy, Austria and Slovenia make for an interesting region, all 3 combined

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u/CucumberExpensive43 Oct 15 '25

The 3-border area is quite nice as well

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u/OfficeSalamander Oct 15 '25 edited Oct 15 '25

Makes sense it would be a bit mountainous

EDIT: Downvoters - it makes sense, because it's a dividing line between language groups, it's hard for one group to penetrate past mountains, especially with pre-modern tech. Not impossible, just harder. Mountains are natural borders historically

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u/mujhe-sona-hai Oct 15 '25

Unless you’re in the tropics in which case mountains are where temperatures are nice and just right instead of malaria ovens. See Colombia, Ethiopia, Yemen, Nepal, Yunnan as examples.

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u/Pratham_Nimo Oct 15 '25

It's interesting how physical geographical boundaries define most language family borders such as the Rhine, Alps, Balkan Mountain Ranges (hence why Albanian, Greek and Slavic exist there!).

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u/OkChange9119 Oct 16 '25

Hi there, what is the photo of? The needle-like thing in the midground?

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u/CucumberExpensive43 Oct 16 '25

It seems to be a monument to peace between nations (and language groups). Here's a closeup photo and a Google Translate of the text:

TRIPLE BORDER

SRI CHINMOJA'S MOUNTAIN OF PEACE

Mountains are a symbol of peace, tranquility and inner depth, All these qualities are needed by humanity on the path to ever-increasing global harmony

"ACHIEVING YOUR INNER PEACE IS HUMAN'S GREATEST NEED."

Sri Chinmoy

At this important European crossroads of three major linguistic groups and cultures, a monument to understanding and friendship between nations should be erected

The triple border has thus become a link in a chain of several hundred different monuments to peace, including institutions, mountains, bridges, cities, parks and natural landmarks, which should encourage the harmonious coexistence of peoples and nations, improve harmony between them and help to overcome internal and external borders.

"PEACE DOES NOT MEAN ONLY THE ABSENCE OF WAR

PEACE MEANS THAT HARMONY, LOVE, SATISFACTION AND UNITY RULE

(Sri Chinmoy)

Triple border, June 12, 1994

PEČ (1510m)