Show HN: I made a website that color-codes the world by language • Hacker News Board

nashashmi wrote: post #35

More localization can be added to highlight official languages with more granularity. In Florida, I came across spanish speaking people who did not know English. That experience was surreal.

Coming soon!

Re: Show HN: I made a website that color-codes the world by language

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Post by florianwueest » Sun, Jul 16, 2023, 5:58 PM UTC

phantomathkg wrote: post #16

Cantonese is not in the list… and I bet a bunch of dialect won’t be there as well… this sound rather not completed…

Fixed the cantonese thing :)

Re: Show HN: I made a website that color-codes the world by language

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Post by florianwueest » Sun, Jul 16, 2023, 5:59 PM UTC

ahaapple wrote: post #99

Very interesting application. bug why use language to distinguish the world?

For travelling purposes & if you're a language learner - or generally interested in languages.

Also, it gives you a sense of history - as the languages that countries speak are influenced by past colonization.

Re: Show HN: I made a website that color-codes the world by language

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Post by florianwueest » Sun, Jul 16, 2023, 5:59 PM UTC

josefrichter wrote: post #7

I wonder why French doesn't show Morocco and Algeria? In both countries, some 30-50% of people speak French.

Fixed :)

Re: Show HN: I made a website that color-codes the world by language

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Post by florianwueest » Sun, Jul 16, 2023, 6:00 PM UTC

jacknews wrote: post #6

Some people might be surprised that you can communicate with the whole of Canada, in French. But not Algeria?

Fixed :)

Re: Show HN: I made a website that color-codes the world by language

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Post by florianwueest » Sun, Jul 16, 2023, 6:01 PM UTC

ozymandias8 wrote: post #9

The problem with using official languages and only going country-level is it excludes minority languages that still have tens of millions of speakers across multiple countries.

Working on it. Will add provinces to the map to add more granularity. Online in ~1 week.