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Names of cultural spheres (e.g. Francosphere, Lusosphere)?
Do you know (or can help) me find the names of these spheres of influence?
Some I know;
English - Anglosphere
French - Francosphere/Francophonie
Spanish - Hispanosphere
Portuguese - Lusosphere
Russian - Russosphere
Chinese - Sinosphere
Arabic - Arabosphere?
German - Germanophone... Germanosphere?
Italian - Italianosphere?
Dutch -
Hindi -
Swahili -
Japanese -
Turkish -
Romani -
Romanian -
Croatian -
Serbian -
Indonesian/Malay/Javanese -
I don't think the latter ones even exist (yet). Thanks in advance to any help you offer!
1 Answer
- mtwellesLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
There aren't words for most of the latter because they are not large enough cultural/linguistic areas or simply not influential enough to warrant the use of the -sphere suffix, although I have seen Arabosphere and Indosphere in use. (The preferred terms seem to be "the Muslim world" and "South Asia".)
That said, the most common terms seem to be Anglosphere, Sinosphere, Hispanosphere, and Indosphere. (Russosphere, Lusosphere and Francosphere appear occasionally, but "Former Soviet Union", "Lusophonia" and "Francophone countries" appears to be the preferred terms).
Source(s): http://anglosphere.com/weblog/archives/000112.html http://www.economist.com/node/21543487 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprachraum