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1 What's with all the lined zones?
2 Additions
3 Color scheme
4 1st vs. 2nd language
5 Basis
6 This is really wrong.
7 Azores

[edit] What's with all the lined zones?

In Australia and Canada, English is the #1 language. Why is there all the lined zones?

To indicate places where aboriginal languages or (in the case of Canada) French dominates over English. —An gr 15:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

North Ontario? Alaska? I doubt it :o The Person Who Is Strange 04:04, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, why is almost all of Texas not red? Whoever made this map apparently doesn't realize that Texas is in America and English is the official language of Texas.--69.21.164.216 08:19, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Additions

I have made the following adjustments to the map:

Added hatch lines for Israel. There are significant populations of native English, German, and Yiddish-speakers and English is almost universally understood by the rest of the population.
Added hatch lines for Cyprus, which still has a significant Anglophone population.
Added hatch lines for Estonia, where both Swedish and German are spoken as second languages.
Added hatch lines for Mosquito Coast, in Nicaragua. Significant Anglophone population.

--Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 16:07, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Color scheme

Hi, it's a good map, but I think that striped red is a difficult "color", because it works only on large areas. Two different colors or just two shades of red should work. The part of the world I'm particularly thinking of is Finland, where much of the southern coast is labeled purely Swedish. --Vuo 00:33, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1st vs. 2nd language

Is the image meant to show 1st or 2nd language speakers? (I'd think 1st language would make more sense, alt. official minority language.) 惑乱分からん 15:49, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Basis

On what basis is this compiled? I'm particularly suspicious of the Australian/Canadian shadings. What data is it based on? Slac speak up! 04:31, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This is really wrong.

A majority is more than 50%. In every single U.S. state, there is a majority of English speakers. In Ireland, there is a majority of English speakers. I could go on, but I don't care enough to look up every single country. Someone needs to remake this map. 68.255.185.8 06:28, 12 March 2007 (UTC)