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  2. Languages of East Asia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Languages of Asia - Wikipedia

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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)

  4. East Asian languages - Wikipedia

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    The East Asian languages are a language family (alternatively macrofamily or superphylum) proposed by Stanley Starosta in 2001. ... name *r-mi(ŋ/n) *mpɔuH

  5. Category:Languages of East Asia - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Languages of East Asia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  6. List of language families - Wikipedia

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    This article is a list of language ... Eastern Jebel: 4 104,600 Africa: ... Europe, the Americas, Francophone Africa, parts of Asia: Over 50 British Sign: United ...

  7. East Asian people - Wikipedia

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    East Asian people (also East Asians or Northeast Asians) are the people from East Asia, which consists of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. [1] The total population of all countries within this region is estimated to be 1.677 billion and 21% of the world's population in 2020. [ 2 ]

  8. Altaic languages - Wikipedia

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    The first Tungusic language to be attested is Jurchen, the language of the ancestors of the Manchus. A writing system for it was devised in 1119 AD and an inscription using this system is known from 1185 (see List of Jurchen inscriptions). The earliest Mongolic language of which we have written evidence is known as Middle Mongol.

  9. Indo-Aryan languages - Wikipedia

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    The Indo-Aryan languages (or sometimes simply Indic languages [a]) are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family. As of the early 21st century, they have more than 800 million speakers, primarily concentrated east of the Indus river in Bangladesh , North India , Eastern Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Maldives and Nepal ...