Hello :) I have created a relatively small map of all the places in europe where Germanic languages are spoken:

https://www.warlight.net/Play?PreviewMap=56280


I need at least a few testers to help me out with a quick test game, so be sure to let me know if you'd like to test, and please let me know as well if you see any mistakes in the map.

Edited 5/13/2016 15:13:42

I'd love to help!

Same here! Looks great!

Wield natural, instead of national borders, I recommend.

ill test

needs more gibraltar

Missing connection:

Hammerfest <-> Vadso (Tromso, northern Norway)

Also the connection between Aalborg and Copenhagen (Denmark) isn`t obvious imo.

Some names are are little crazy.^^

Try to use german names instead of mixing them up.

Hesse = Hessen
Baden-Wurttemburg= Baden Württemberg
etc.

I agree with Juq, your map isn't a map where "Germanic languages are spoken" but a map of nations where German languages are dominant, this is a big nuance, since you omit many places where Germanic languages are spoken (Frankish, Alsatian and Flemish spoken in France, German spoken in Italy, and also many other places in East Europe where some Germanic languages are spoken), and you added places where Germanic languages aren't spoken at all (Western Switzerland, half of Belgium, Northern part of Scandinavia with the Saami people, etc.) You should rename your map.

Yes, it is a sort of "nations where germanic languages are dominant". However, at some point you have to say it's good enough; For example, this is where german is spoken in europe:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Legal_statuses_of_German_in_Europe.svg

^^Making a map of that would just be crazy...

Try to use german names instead of mixing them up.

I'll change the ones you mentioned, but if you have any more suggestions I'd love to hear them; It would really suck to go research every single name individually if I just have someone who speaks german who's willing to help me out :)

Edited 5/9/2016 13:55:02

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if your doing german names for territories here are a few corrections(what Ulti said)

GERMANY/DEUTSCHLAND
Bavaria= Bayern
Munich= München
Wurzburg= Würzburg
Nurmberg= Nürnberg
Hesse= Hessen
Cologne= Köln
Dusseldorf= Düsseldorf
Wurttenburg= Württemberg

AUSTRIA/ÖSTERREICH
Vienna= Wien

SWITZERLAND/SCHWEITZ
Zurich= Zürich

*umlauts are important*

Another thing I recommend is maybe doing a country bonus- ex. Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom.
Doing so allows you to put more German names for the countries- ex. Denmark=Dänemark.

Other than names its a good map, I never knew German was spoken in Norway and Greenland.

I never knew German was spoken in Norway and Greenland.

Germanic, not german as in Deutsch. :P

Well, german isn't spoken in norway and sweden lol, but norwegian and swedish are somewhat similar to german, and they're from the same language family, called the germanic languages.

Edited 5/9/2016 14:03:01

Still, I think it would be better to include Elsaß, take out the non-German parts of Schweiz and Belgien and the Hebrides where actually Scottish Gaelic is dominant. And to include åland and other parts of Finland. Just do the yellow part of that map you showed.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Languages_of_Finnish_municipalities_%282009%29.svg

(the middle and dark blue shade is where Swedish is dominant)

Edited 5/9/2016 17:54:34

I'll include those parts of finland then, But I thought Alsace was primarily french speaking nowadays?

Also, I think it's probably better to leave in luxembourg and flanders. In luxembourg, most people speak luxembourgish or english, and most people in flanders speak dutch, all germanic languages.

Edited 5/9/2016 19:40:06

actually, most people in Luxembourg speak Luxemburgish or French, not necessarily English (excepted foreigners).

As for Alsace, it is true nowadays French is the dominant language, nonetheless it is the historical/ancestral language, and many still speak it despite Parisian Jacobinist efforts to annihilate it.

Roughly 60% of luxembourgers speak english as a first or second language.

Edited 5/9/2016 22:00:14

Luxembourgish is a Germanic language- and is spoken in Luxembourg.

German is also the #1 language in Namibia.

Roughly 60% of luxembourgers speak english as a first or second language.

First language?

Here are the first languages spoken in Luxembourg:
Luxemburgish: 52%
French: 15%
German: 2%
English: N/A
Other: 30%