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See London's linguistic diversity as mapped by Twitter

Shane Richmond

Skift Take

The linguistic mapping of the city demonstrates both where locals who use different languages live and work as well as where tourists congregate.

Academics have used Twitter to create a map showing London's linguistic diversity. By analysing tweets published in London between March and August this year and plotting them on a map the researchers were able to show the capital's language clusters based on Twitter use. The research, carried out by Ed Manley, a PhD student at University College London, and James Cheshire, a lecturer at UCL, shows a total of 66 different languages used in

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