Language Maps

Exploring geography through linguistic maps can useful in understanding the languages, histories, and cultures of a region. The open web offers numerous map tools. 

• Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada provides maps of Aboriginal Languages that show where various language groups and communities are located, with links provided for each community.
• Canada's First Peoples provides a map for Canada's First Peoples before contact with Europeans including the Subarctic Peoples which also outlines the areas for the various language groups included in the Dene Speech Atlas.
• Canadian Museum of Civilization has an exhibition called Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage which includes a language map for the Western Subarctic region and images of cultural objects. 
• First Peoples' Language Map of B.C. originated as a project of the First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council (FPHLCC) with funding from the BC Ministry of Education. It provides an online map as well as a website of content for numerous languages and includes a section called Dene (Athabaskan). 
• LLMap integrates language data and information from the physical and social sciences to create over 700 maps. Users may also create and share their own maps. 
• World’s Atlas of Language Structures Online is a project of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the Max Planck Digital Library. It identifies 22 languages within the Na-Dene Family.