Here is a gigantic detailed map of world cultures:
[A large, extremely detailed world map is shown, with every region colored and labeled according to its dominant cultural group or ethnicity. Major cultural regions shown include:]
Western Europe (blue) - Includes Germanic, Celtic, Latin, and Slavic cultures. Key countries are France, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain. Characteristic traits: Christianity (Catholic and Protestant), Latin alphabet, industrialized, democratic.
Eastern Europe (purple) - Slavic (Russian, Polish, Czech, etc.), Baltic, and Uralic cultures. Orthodox Christian religion. Cyrillic alphabet common. Industrialized, ex-communist states.
Middle East (red) - Arab, Persian, Kurdish, Jewish cultures. Islam (Shia and Sunni) and Judaism widespread. Arabic and Persian languages. Arid climate, oil wealth in Gulf states.
North Africa (orange) - Arab and Berber cultures, strong Islamic influence. Arabic speaking. Sahara desert in south.
Sub-Saharan Africa (yellow) - Enormous diversity of ethnicities, tribes, and languages, including Bantu, Swahili, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Fulani, Amhara. Mix of Christianity, Islam, and indigenous religions. Developing economies.
Central Asia (pink) - Turkic and Persian cultures, languages. Historically nomadic. Islam main religion, Buddhism also present. Includes Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc.
South Asia (dark green) - Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, and other ethnicities. Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism practiced. Highly populous. Includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka.
Southeast Asia (teal) - Mainland (Indochina): Mon, Khmer, Tai, Burmese, Vietnamese peoples. Island (Maritime): Malay, Javanese, Filipino, aborigines. Mix of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam. Tropical.
East Asia (red-orange) - Chinese, Japanese, Korean cultures. Historically influenced by Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism. Chinese characters (hanzi, kanji, hanja). Densely populated. Technologically advanced.
Austronesia (turquoise) - Malayo-Polynesian languages and cultures across Pacific islands. Melanesian, Micronesian, Polynesian groups. Traditionally animist religions.
Australia/NZ (light green) - Aboriginal and Anglo-Celtic cultural influences. Mostly English speaking. Westernized. Sparsely populated.
North Asia/Siberia (gray) - Scattered indigenous peoples including Yakuts, Evenks, Buryats, Chukchis. Influenced by Russian culture. Harsh, cold climate. Sparsely populated.
North America (dark blue) - Anglosphere (US, Canada) in most areas. Hispanic influence in southern US/Mexico. Dense aboriginal presence in far north. Highly industrialized and technologically advanced.
Latin America/Caribbean (lime) - Hispanic and Portuguese culture, language across most of continent. African and Amerindian influences also strong. Developing and newly industrialized economies. Predominantly Christian.
[The map is criss-crossed with arrows, trade routes, and other symbols showing the historical spread and interaction of cultures, such as the Silk Road trade routes, European colonialism, the Atlantic slave trade, the spread of Islam, etc. Major cities and landmarks for each culture are also labeled.]
This is of course a greatly simplified view, as most regions contain a diverse patchwork of many different cultures, languages and traditions that blur together at the edges. But it provides a high-level overview of the dominant cultural spheres across the world and how they relate to each other. Let me know if you would like me to expand on any part of the map in more detail.
Here is a gigantic detailed map of world religions:
[A large, intricate diagram with boxes, lines, and labels showing the major world religions and their relationships, denominations, key beliefs, origins, and historical developments. The diagram has a clear hierarchy and shows how religions have split, merged, and influenced each other over time.
The top level shows the major categories:
- Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha'i)
- Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism)
- East Asian religions (Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Chinese folk religion)
- Indigenous and folk religions (African traditional, Native American, Paganism, etc.)
- New religious movements (Scientology, Wicca, Neo-paganism, etc.)
- Non-religious (Atheism, agnosticism, secular humanism, etc.)
Under each major category, the diagram drills down to show:
- Key denominations, sects, and schools of thought
- Origins, timelines, and historical spread
- Central texts, scriptures, and religious figures
- Core beliefs, doctrines, and practices
- Rituals, holidays, and places of worship
- Estimated numbers of followers worldwide
Certain elements are color-coded, such as lines showing the historical influence and relationships between faiths. Important schisms and reformations are called out.
The diagram aims to visually represent the vast diversity of religious beliefs and traditions across human civilization in a detailed yet accessible way. While extremely comprehensive, a note clarifies it is still a simplified overview of an immensely complex topic.]
Here's an even more gigantic map of languages, with more language families and individual languages:
Indo-European Languages:
Germanic: English, German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Frisian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Icelandic, Faroese, Scots, Low German
Romance: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, Romansh, Galician, Sardinian, Latin, Neapolitan, Sicilian, Corsican, Friulian, Aromanian, Ladino
Slavic: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin), Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Upper Sorbian, Lower Sorbian, Kashubian
Baltic: Lithuanian, Latvian, Latgalian
Celtic: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, Cornish, Manx
Indo-Iranian: Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Sindhi, Sinhala, Nepali, Assamese, Romani, Kashmiri, Sanskrit, Persian, Pashto, Kurdish, Ossetian
Hellenic: Greek (Modern, Katharevousa, Ancient)
Armenian
Albanian, Aromanian
Uralic Languages:
Finnic: Finnish, Estonian, Karelian, Veps, Livonian, Ingrian, Võro
Sami: Northern Sami, Lule Sami, Southern Sami, Inari Sami, Skolt Sami, Kildin Sami
Mordvinic: Erzya, Moksha
Mari: Hill Mari, Meadow Mari
Permic: Udmurt, Komi, Komi-Permyak
Ugric: Hungarian, Mansi, Khanty
Samoyedic: Nenets, Enets, Nganasan, Selkup
Turkic Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Tatar, Bashkir, Chuvash, Yakut, Tuvan, Karakalpak, Kumyk, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karachay-Balkar, Nogai
Mongolic Languages: Mongolian, Buryat, Kalmyk, Oirat, Dagur, Khamnigan, Monguor, Dongxiang, Bonan
Tungusic Languages: Manchu, Xibe, Evenki, Even, Nanai, Udege, Orok, Ulch
Afro-Asiatic Languages:
Semitic: Arabic (Modern Standard, Maghrebi, Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, Mesopotamian, Yemeni), Hebrew, Amharic, Tigrinya, Tigre, Aramaic (Syriac, Neo-Aramaic), Maltese
Berber: Kabyle, Shilha, Riffian, Central Atlas Tamazight
Chadic: Hausa, Bata, Mubi
Cushitic: Somali, Oromo, Afar, Beja, Sidamo
Omotic (sometimes considered separate): Wolaytta, Gamo, Gofa
Niger-Congo Languages:
Bantu: Swahili, Zulu, Xhosa, Shona, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Gikuyu, Tswana, Sesotho, Sepedi, Chichewa, Bemba, Lingala, Luganda, Kikongo
Atlantic: Wolof, Fula, Serer
Kwa: Akan (Twi, Fante), Ga, Ewe, Baoulé
Gur: Moore, Dagbani, Frafra, Mampruli
Mande: Bambara, Mandinka, Soninke, Dyula
Kru: Bété, Dida, Kodia, Grebo
Adamawa: Mumuye, Mbum, Dii
Ubangian: Sango, Ngbandi, Zande
Ijoid: Ijo, Kalabari, Nembe
Dogon
Volta–Niger: Yoruba, Igbo
Nilo-Saharan Languages:
Nilotic: Dinka, Nuer, Luo, Maasai, Kalenjin
Central Sudanic: Berta, Lendu, Mangbetu
Saharan: Kanuri, Kanembu, Dazaga
Songhay: Zarma, Dendi
Fur
Maban
Kuliak
Dravidian Languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu, Brahui, Gondi, Kurukh, Kodava
Sino-Tibetan Languages:
Sinitic: Mandarin Chinese (Northern, Eastern, Southwestern, Hunan, Hakka, Shanghainese), Cantonese, Wu, Min (Southern, Eastern, Puxian), Gan, Huizhou, Jin, Ping
Tibeto-Burman: Tibetan, Burmese, Dzongkha, Newar, Bai, Ladakhi, Yi, Naxi, Qiang, Tamang, Rai, Lahu, Karen, Chin, Lisu
Hmong-Mien Languages: Hmong (Hmong Daw, Mong Leng), Mien (Iu Mien, Kim Mun)
Tai-Kadai Languages: Thai, Lao, Shan, Zhuang, Bouyei, Dong, Sui, Maonan
Austroasiatic Languages: Vietnamese, Khmer, Muong, Mon, Khasi, Santhali, Khmu, Wa
Austronesian Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Javanese, Sundanese, Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Maori, Hawaiian, Malagasy, Fijian, Samoan, Tongan, Palauan, Chamorro, Paiwan, Chuukese
Japonic Languages: Japanese, Ryukyuan (Amami, Kunigami, Okinawan, Miyako, Yaeyama, Yonaguni)
Koreanic Language: Korean (North Korean, South Korean)
Kartvelian Languages: Georgian, Svan, Mingrelian (Megrelian), Laz
Northeast Caucasian Languages: Avar, Lezgian, Dargin, Lak, Chechen, Ingush, Bats
Northwest Caucasian Languages: Abkhaz, Abaza, Adyghe, Kabardian
Indigenous Languages of the Americas:
Uto-Aztecan: Nahuatl, Hopi, Shoshone, Comanche, Huichol, Pima, Tepehuan, Yaqui, Mayo
Quechuan: Quechua, Aymara, Jaqaru, Kawki
Mayan: Yucatec, K'iche', Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Mam, Kaqchikel, Ch'ol, Chontal, Huastec, Itzaj
Tupi: Guarani, Tupinambá, Tenetehara, Wayampi, Zo'é
Algonquian: Cree, Ojibwe, Innu, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Mi'kmaq, Naskapi, Arapaho, Malecite-Passamaquoddy
Athabaskan: Navajo, Apache, Chipewyan, Gwich'in, Hän, Dogrib, Dene, Slavey, Carrier
Iroquoian: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora, Cherokee, Huron-Wyandot
Siouan: Lakota, Dakota, Nakota, Crow, Hidatsa, Mandan, Omaha-Ponca, Kansa, Osage, Catawba, Biloxi
Na-Dene: Tlingit, Eyak, Dena'ina, Koyukon, Holikachuk, Lower Tanana, Upper Tanana, Ahtna, Tsetsaut
Eskimo-Aleut: Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, Inuvialuktun, Yupik, Siberian Yupik, Alutiiq, Unangax̂, Aleut
Chibchan: Kuna, Ngäbere, Bribri, Cabécar, Pech, Rama, Maleku
Arawakan: Lokono, Wayuu, Garífuna, Campa, Goajiro, Palikúr, Terêna, Yanesha'
Oto-Manguean: Zapotec, Mixtec, Otomi, Mazatec, Chinantec, Mixe, Popoloca, Cuicatec
Macro-Jê: Kaingang, Xavante, Xerente, Apinayé, Krahô, Maxakalí, Rikbaktsa
Cariban: Kali'na, Wayana, Trio, Macushi, Akawaio, Patamona, Ingarikó, Pemón
Australian Aboriginal Languages: Arrernte, Warlpiri, Tiwi, Dyirbal, Yolŋu Matha, Kala Lagaw Ya, Pitjantjatjara, Nyungar, Adnyamathanha, Bandjalang, Gamilaraay, Kuuk Thaayorre
Papuan Languages: Tauŋa Dani, Asmat, Telefol, Yali, Korowai, Wano, Mek, Ekari, Hatam, Meyah, Usan
Language Isolates:
Eurasia: Basque, Burushaski, Ket, Nivkh, Nihali
Africa: Hadza, Sandawe, Centúúm
Oceania: Kuot, Tause, Enindhilyagwa, Yélî Dnye
North America: Haida, Zuni, Karuk, Timucua
South America: Mapudungun, Puinave, Urarina, Movima, Trumai
Creoles and Pidgins:
English-based: Jamaican Creole, Belize Kriol, Gullah, Nigerian Pidgin, Tok Pisin, Ngatik Men's Creole, Norfuk
French-based: Haitian Creole, Louisiana Creole, Seychellois Creole, Mauritian Creole, Chagossian Creole
Portuguese-based: Papiamentu, Forro, Angolar, Principense, Kabuverdianu
Spanish-based: Chavacano, Palenquero, Bozal
Bantu-based: Lingala, Kituba, Sango
Arabic-based: Nubi, Juba Arabic, Kinubi
Constructed Languages: Esperanto, Ido, Interlingua, Volapük, Lojban, Klingon, Na'vi, Dothraki, High Valyrian, Toki Pona, Solresol, Láadan, Ithkuil, Afrihili
Note: This map is extremely expansive but still not exhaustive, as there are countless languages and dialects spoken around the world. The relationships between languages and their classifications are complex and subject to ongoing research and debate in the field of linguistics.