[Lingtyp] query: worldwide geographical partitions

[Johanna Nichols]

The 24 Autotyp areas aren’t comparable to macroareas.  Those are comparable to the 10 Autotyp continents.  

Johanna


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> On Dec 12, 2022, at 10:12 AM, David Gil <gil at shh.mpg.de> wrote:
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> 
> Dear all,
>  
> Glottolog partitions the world into 6 macro-areas, while Autotyp divides it up into 24.  I am wondering whether there are any other well-motivated worldwide partitions that have been proposed in the linguistic or anthropological literature.  I am particularly interested in finer partitions, something in the ballpark of 50 areas.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> David
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> David Gil
> 
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