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The Indo-European languages are primarily represented in Asia by the Indo-Iranian branch, with its two main subgroups: Indo-Aryan and Indo-Iranian. Indo-Aryan languages are mainly spoken in South Asia. Examples include languages such as Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu), Bengali, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Marathi, Rajasthani, Gujarati, Sylheti)
Encodings of Asian languages (4 C, 22 P) Endangered languages of Asia (6 C, 17 P) Extinct languages of Asia (18 C, 154 P) G. Gulf Arabic (6 P) I.
The Indo-Iranian languages (also known as Indo-Iranic languages [4] [5] or collectively the Aryan languages [6]) constitute the largest branch of the Indo-European language family. They include over 300 languages, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] spoken by around 1.7 billion speakers worldwide, predominantly in South Asia , West Asia and parts of Central Asia .
The languages of East Asia belong to several distinct language families, with many common features attributed to interaction. In the Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area , Chinese varieties and languages of southeast Asia share many areal features , tending to be analytic languages with similar syllable and tone structure.
This is a list of languages by total number of speakers. It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect . For example, Arabic is sometimes considered a single language centred on Modern Standard Arabic , other authors consider its mutually unintelligible varieties separate languages. [ 1 ]
Category: Languages of Asia by country. 13 languages. ... Languages of Mongolia (5 C, 14 P) Languages of Myanmar (10 C, 78 P) N. Languages of Nepal (7 C, 108 P)
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Pakistan is a linguistically diverse country; it has many dozens of languages spoken as first languages. [24] [25] The major languages of Pakistan broadly fall under the category Indo-Iranian languages, with western regions of Pakistan speaking Iranic languages, and eastern regions speaking Indo-Aryan languages; with the Indus River ...