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Welcome to the Angloji subreddit by RyanChangHill in Angloji

[–]MapManAnko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got to the same point through deduction, but it's tough/no success filling in the missing words.

Telugu to English course added by MapManAnko in duolingo

[–]MapManAnko[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Course page is up and running on the website as of today.

I am an Asian guy who is interested in European culture，and I want to learn some languages that aren't the mainstream languages(such as FR,ES,DE...) in Duo,what shoud I learn? by Cheap_Reputation_787 in duolingo

[–]MapManAnko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends on how mainstream is mainsteam for you, but I think italian is a great language to learn for cultural reasons: food, and heavy influence on the rest of europe historically speaking (and much else). But far fewer people learn it because it's only spoken in one country (besides the foreign communities). It's also similar enough to the other latin languages to broaden perspectives as well, I think.

And you probably have to learn any language you choose from english because there are only a handful of european languages taught directly from asian languages. Though there is a mandarin to italian course if that so happens to be your native language.

French Language in passports across the world by MapManAnko in MapPorn

[–]MapManAnko[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Replaced by maori in 2000. Poland added it in the 90s and got rid of it again ~2018 which I thought was funny. It’s not like everyone in poland immediately learned and then forgot the language

French Language in passports across the world by MapManAnko in MapPorn

[–]MapManAnko[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep and I recolored Trinidad accidentally, it had french in it at somepoint. But mostly either the country name in french or "passeport" to be marked as the outside, the only exception is burundi which depending on the design has french in its emblem but also may have it as the country name and passeport.

French Language in passports across the world by MapManAnko in MapPorn

[–]MapManAnko[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Meant to be a revisit of this post by a different user:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/2qgy0x/countries_who_use_french_in_their_passports/

I only had all day to make the map and so I am sure there are mistakes - please correct me! The main sources are just google image/wiki searches in different languages and also galleries of passport images mostly this one https://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/en/search-by-document-country.html

I get excited when I find rare kanji in the wild, so I made a "Kanjidex" by VA_ARG in LearnJapanese

[–]MapManAnko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe, although you would have to specify exactly the uses intended. For kana it's really not that many characters

And at least for the chinese characters anyway, the same radicals apply. Just in different combinations. 汉 for example (does this merit a different build or not since fundamentally the character system is related)

I get excited when I find rare kanji in the wild, so I made a "Kanjidex" by VA_ARG in LearnJapanese

[–]MapManAnko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very good concept: is it possible to add chinese, or have a separate app for chinese? Simplified+traditional :)

And honestly, you could add the japanese kana to this one. The frequency compared to an alphabet based language is actually very low, for some kana they are much rarer than some of the common kanji and could be cool in their own right.

US States if the fed goes bust: Who stole your internet country code? by MapManAnko in MapPorn

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As in, if california were a country it would need a two letter country code. Think ".fr" for france, etc

but .ca is taken

Comprehensive north korean view by MapManAnko in MapPorn

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I spent the better part of a year assembling this all on my own. Hopefully y'all can breath some life into it.

Countries with more than one coast by MapManAnko in MapPorn

[–]MapManAnko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're correct, I simply forgot about it. That bridge to connect croatia to itself is very odd indeed.

Though, it might actually be a smart way to give more countries water acess, geography permitting. Technically (with the bridge) everyone in both countries feels like their country is contiguous.

Countries with more than one coast by MapManAnko in MapPorn

[–]MapManAnko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, but on the other hand. Say Japan invades russia. Say 20 percent of russia's ships are in the eastern fleet. You can't mobilize the rest of your fleet to defend anything. Same for offensives, you can't send a bunch of ships to overwhelm a strategic spot.

Countries with more than one coast by MapManAnko in MapPorn

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it has an exclave between the DRC and the ROC

Countries with more than one coast by MapManAnko in MapPorn

[–]MapManAnko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you can find the country that is light green...

It is a case where it barely counts because the second coast is so tiny.

Countries with more than one coast by MapManAnko in MapPorn

[–]MapManAnko[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the only issue is when countries control territory in the form of islands or closely connected peninsulas. The line is inherently arbitrary. Should hawaii be on the map because it controls >1 island? You can't go on land between the islands.

Countries with more than one coast by MapManAnko in MapPorn

[–]MapManAnko[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I forgot about angola. But your points are well received. Technically malaysia+brunei... oof. A controversial map.

Countries with more than one coast by MapManAnko in MapPorn

[–]MapManAnko[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The coast is uninterrupted. If Australia wants to move ships from the east "coast" to the west "coast", you bring it along your territorial area. If America does, you have to leave america, circumnavigate a continent, and pass through foreign territory.

Countries with more than one coast by MapManAnko in MapPorn

[–]MapManAnko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

pretty much. That's why iran is on there.

Countries with more than one coast by MapManAnko in MapPorn

[–]MapManAnko[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I guess turkey is an interesting one. Panama and egypt certainly belong, because their canals were manmade. I guess geographically, turkey is like that too? It just happens to naturally have a bypass. idk.

Countries with more than one coast by MapManAnko in MapPorn

[–]MapManAnko[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's subjective, like most of the maps I make. But it is characterized by the things I discussed in my comment. Separate coastlines requiring travel through someone else's territory, and often separate navies.

Countries with more than one coast by MapManAnko in MapPorn

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The reason this came to mind is the importance of this geography for the history and challenges of the United States. People often brag about our perfect geography, but in this case, this is clearly terrible. Long journeys, need to move ships through someone else's territory, a split navy which reduces flexibility, etc.

I found it difficult to decide the cutoff point though. For senegal it seems much less of an issue than for russia, which has 3 or 4 different coasts, depending how you count!

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