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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)
Unclassified languages of Asia (2 C, 27 P) W. Writing systems of Asia (12 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Languages of Asia"
Category: Languages of Asia by country. 13 languages. ... Languages of Bahrain (2 C, 7 P) Languages of Bangladesh (8 C, 54 P) Languages of Bhutan (3 C, 36 P)
Many regions and provinces of Asia have alternative names in different languages. Some regions have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names for all major Asian regions, provinces, and territories.
The term Indic languages is also used to refer to these languages, [1] though it may be narrowed to refer only to Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages. [2] The subcontinent is also home to a few language isolates , like Burushaski , Kusunda , Nihali , and Vedda .
Languages of both eastern and southeast Asia typically have well-developed systems of numeral classifiers. [15] The other areas of the world where numerical classifier systems are common in indigenous languages are the western parts of North and South America, so that numerical classifiers could even be seen as a pan-Pacific Rim areal feature. [16]
[2] [3] [4] Like the Uralic language family, which is named after the Ural Mountains, the group is named after the Altai mountain range in the center of Asia. The core grouping of Turkic, Mongolic and Tungusic is sometimes called "Micro-Altaic", with the expanded group including Koreanic and Japonic labelled as "Macro-Altaic" or "Transeurasian".
According to Michael D. Larish, the languages of Southeast and East Asia descended from one proto-language (which he calls "Proto-Asian"). Japonic is grouped together with Koreanic as one branch of the Proto-Asian family. The other branch consists of the Austronesian, Austroasiatic, Kra-Dai, Hmong-Mien and Sino-Tibetan languages. [21] [22]