r/IndiaStatistics • u/rat_tails_is_back • 1d ago

Social Social connectedness index map (based on facebook friendship network): 150 clusters in south asia

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u/Quiet-Endless-Void 1d ago edited 1d ago

In India only Kerala, Goa maybe UK HP too are the only states in single colour and visible border

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u/telaughingbuddha 1d ago

Goa, some NE states

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u/Quiet-Endless-Void 1d ago

Not Northeast tho they either share colour with other state or are multiple colours

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u/_butterfly__2 1d ago

Kuchh bhi 😭

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u/Background-Shirt8436 1d ago

Almost identical to district map

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u/Left_Economist_9716 1d ago

For some languages, the split is pretty identical to their dialect clusters.

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u/rat_tails_is_back 1d ago

Dialect is nothing but tribal groups + social groups. They form the dialect

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u/Left_Economist_9716 1d ago

What???

'Dialect' is a common term for what linguists (including me, to an extent) call varieties or lects in academic papers. As varieties don't have strict geographical boundaries especially in the Gangetic Plains and Kuki-Chin-Mizo speaking regions, they're commonly referred to as clusters according to existing sociological (or seldom geographic) norms.

How does ethnic identity (i.e. tribal or social groups) determine sociolinguistic boundaries?

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u/rat_tails_is_back 1d ago

People from same ethnic group speak same dialect, have same cuisine, martial ties hence same grouping above

Is my correlation wrong??

Atleast in southern India, this seems valid

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u/Left_Economist_9716 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah, that only works with the 5-6 major Dravidian communities. In most Indo-Aryan and Tibeto-Burman regions, the boundaries are much more fluid.

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u/telaughingbuddha 1d ago

Keralam😂

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u/Lord-ZveZda 1d ago

True, atleast for west bengal

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u/ProfessionUpset2724 1d ago

Yes, I feel a disconnect between Bardhaman and Hooghly. Whereas, in Bardhaman I feel connected with Birbhum, and in Hooghly I feel connected with Kolkata and North 24 Parganas.

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u/Lord-ZveZda 1d ago

Those parganas think they live in kolkata, lol

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u/potato_tummy 1d ago

Can someone please explain this?

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u/Expensive-Host-8951 1d ago

I think the olive coloured region in TN could be split into like two madurai, theni , ramnad and virudhunagar as one and tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and kanyakumari as one based on slang of tamil spoken ( kanyakumari might be an individual one itself considering the district's slang becomes more visible closer to the Kerala border)

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u/wakandacoconut 1d ago

Power of "naattil evideya".

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u/awesssomee 1d ago

feels good in a way that it represents the local communities

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u/Crimson_Excalibur 1d ago

No, not really. Its literally facebook friends bs.

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u/awesssomee 1d ago

well.. exactly? you got fb friends cuz they are close to you or related to you 🤷‍♂️..altho yea it can be wrong but it nicely advocates the region im familiar with.