Fossils in the Map

Place names are fossils. The Nordic land names what it sees; Vietnam names the order it imposes — and older tongues show through where one province names the world its own way.

→ Islands of the North: how the Nordic sea is named

→ The line where names change: water, hills, and the geography of naming

→ How often, and where together: frequency, clusters, and the words we can't read

Data: OpenStreetMap settlements + admin boundaries via osmkit. Morphemes curated; see methodology.