Seven issues published between 1983 and 2007 up until now are the direct outcome of the ALE - Atlas Linguarum Europae. The new empirical evidence brought up by this international project laid the grounds for a new theory about the origin of European languages (ALINEI, Mario, Origine delle lingue d'Europa. Volume I. La teoria della continuità. Società Editrice il Mulino, Bologna, 1996) and for a refreshing approach to Geolinguistics (ALE - Atlas Linguarum Europae. Perspectives Nouvelles en Géolinguistique. Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato. Roma. 1997).

Each national committee is responsible for the organization of the data collection in the relevant territory and for the national synteses corresponding to these data. 

Index of published questions: 
Published Questions 1, Published Questions 2

The Portuguese net includes 53 localities in the continental territory: