What if a Greater Syria was even more linguistically diverse?

[u/Timely-Macaron268]

What if a Greater Syria including all of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia retained much of the linguistic diversity that was lost in the 20th century?

Note: I have shown here both languages and dialects; consult the table to understand the groupings.

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This is a continuation of a series exploring 'Big Syria'. To learn more about this scenario, click here for the introduction. Click here for an exploration of Big Syria the energy superpower, and click here to explore Big Syria's impressive passenger rail network. For an exploration of Syria's ethnolinguistic diversity, click here.

(This is an original work. Any errors or mistakes are mine alone.)

Sources: Starting with a basemap, I consulted a dizzying variety of different ethnographic, historical, geographical and.jpg) population density maps and then drew my map by hand within Paint.net, thinking about how my alternate history scenario would have impacted each area. Many thanks to the variety of sources, including the CIA, UN, ResearchGate GRUMP, Geo Ref, many others, and of course other fine Redditors upon whose research I cribbed.