Languages of Europe in 1000 AD with a Map

With the help of a map, can you guess these languages that were spoken in Europe in 1000 AD?
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According to own research. Note that this map may not be 100% accurate and that some language groups might be disputed.
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Baltic
Curonian
Eastern Galindian
Old Latvian
Old Lithuanian
Old Prussian
Selonian
Semigallian
Skalvian
Sudovian
Western Galindian
 
Celtic
Cumbric
Middle Irish
Manx
Old Breton
Old Cornish
Old Welsh
Pictish
 
Germanic
Crimean Gothic
Old Dutch
Old East Norse
Old English
Old Frisian
Old Gutnish
Old High German
Old Saxon
Old West Norse
Hellenic
Italiot Greek
Medieval Greek
Tsakonian
 
Iranian
Ossetian
 
Northeast Caucasian
Andic
Archi
Avar
Dargin
Eastern Samur
Lak
Tsezic
Vainakh
Western Samur
 
Northwest Caucasian
Abkhaz-Abaza
Adyghe
Kabardian
Ubykh
Romance
Andalusi Romance
Aromanian
Common Romanian
Dalmatian
Galician-Portuguese
Gallo-Italic
Medieval Latin
Middle Sicilian
Old Aragonese
Old Arpitan
Old Asturleonese
Old Catalan
Old French
Old Italian
Old Occitan
Old Sardinian
Old Spanish
Old Venetian
Rhaeto-Romance
Semitic
Arabic
 
Slavic
Ancient Pomeranian
Old Bulgarian
Old Czech
Old East Slavic
Old Polish
Old Serbo-Croatian
Old Slovak
Old Slovene
Polabian
Sorbian
 
Turkic
Bulgar
Khazar
Kipchak
Oghuz
Pecheneg
Uralic
Enets-Nenets
Komi
Livonian
Mari
Merya
Meshchera
Mordvin
Muromian
Old Estonian
Old Finnish
Old Hungarian
Old Karelian
Sámi Languages
Udmurt
Veps
Votic
 
Other Indo-European
Proto-Albanian
 
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18 Comments
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Level 70
Mar 15, 2024
YES A LANGUAGE QUIZ!!!!
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Level 56
Mar 15, 2024
I'm planning on doing more of them soon. Just gonna try and see what would be the most viable for a quiz first.
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Level 69
Mar 15, 2024
That's Incrediblian!
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Level 56
Mar 15, 2024
Thanks!
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Level 69
Mar 17, 2024
Could you accept Romansh for Rhaeto Romance? Its the same evolved language and still known by Rätoromanisch in Switzerland today
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Level 56
Mar 17, 2024
Fair point. I'll add it.
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Level 53
Mar 17, 2024
I feel bad for the quizmaker, the quiz needs way more views
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Level 80
Mar 19, 2024
Great quiz, always a big fan of your historical language ones!
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Level 56
Mar 19, 2024
Thanks!
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Level 57
Mar 20, 2024
Another Dekkie Classic! More of these dekkie!
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Level 56
Mar 20, 2024
Thank you!
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Level 55
Mar 26, 2024
More pls
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Level 80
Jun 6, 2024
Could Carantanian be accepted for Old Slovene?
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Level 74
Jun 25, 2024
Definitely not a language expert here, but I expected to see Yiddish.
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Level 53
May 5, 2025
Yiddish was in its infancy in this period and was not widely used across Europe for several hundred more years. Additionally, even at its peak Yiddish had very few areas where it was the majority language, usually being one of the largest minority languages in a region due to the dispersal of the Jewish population across Europe.
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Level 40
Apr 7, 2025
Really good quiz ! got 69!
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Level 66
Oct 1, 2025
I've been really enjoying your language quizzes! It's fascinating to see different languages appear and disappear moving through the centuries. What sources do you use to make the maps?
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Level 52
Dec 2, 2025
Why is Ingrian not accepted while Votic is? Where the Ingrians not yet in present day Ingria or was the language not distinct from Karelian?