The Peoples of Europe in Linguistic Classification - 1925


 Again we have a nice map relevant to Macedonia. This German map dates from 1925. 

The title of the map, of course, immediately reveals what the map is supposed to represent: The peoples of Europe in linguistic structure (Die Völker Europas in sprachlicher Gliederung).

The map was designed by Prof. Dr. Arthur Haberlandt. It was drawn by E. Monzert. The map was published by Strecker and Schröder in Stuttgart. 

The map is part of the "Illustrierte Völkerkunde" (Illustrated Ethnology, second volume) published in 1926. Publisher was the physician, ethnologist and ethnographer Dr. Georg Buschan.

On this map we see the peoples of Europe listed, as well as their languages they used to speak. The authors make a rough grouping based on the language families. See the following image, which shows the Balkans as well as the description for the languages.

There we can see that Macedonia is marked in the Slavic-speaking area. And also that the area is marked with the number 67.


The legend, or descriptions, of the numbers can be found in the upper left corner of the map, where the peoples of Europe are listed in a table.

In that legend we see the Macedonians listed under number 67, whereas the Bulgarians are listed with 68. From number 60 onwards the "Serbo-Croats" share the description.


You can find a larger resolution of the image here on Flicker!

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