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The global spread of the Indo-european language family
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The global spread of the Indo-european language family
Is that strip across Russia simply the populated parts of Russia? Presumably, the North is too cold for much more than a few secluded villages...
For a moment, I thought, that might be a remnant of the Silk Road, but that was quite a bit further south...
Modern silk road, called trans-siberian railway, the railroad through Russia. Factories and cities were built next to the railroad. A lot of other nations live in russia, but they are not indo-europeans, and much smaller in numbers.
There are 25 regional official languages in russia, only 2 of them indo-european: Osetian and Ukrainian. Most others are Turkic and Uralic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Russia
Also this map is shitty, as it doesn't show what percentage of people speak the language, 51% looks the same as 99%.