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  2. 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)

  3. 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.

  4. Languages of South Asia - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. List of countries by number of languages - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [ 1 ] Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the world.

  6. List of languages by total number of speakers - Wikipedia

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    Most spoken languages, Ethnologue, 2024 [4] Language Family Branch First-language (L1) speakers Second-language (L2) speakers Total speakers (L1+L2) English (excl. creole languages) Indo-European: Germanic: 380 million 1.135 billion 1.515 billion Mandarin Chinese (incl. Standard Chinese, but excl. other varieties) Sino-Tibetan: Sinitic: 941 ...

  7. Asia - Wikipedia

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    Asia is home to several language families and many language isolates. Most Asian countries have more than one language that is natively spoken. For instance, according to Ethnologue, more than 700 languages are spoken in Indonesia, more than 400 languages spoken in India, and more than 100 are spoken in the Philippines. China has many languages ...

  8. Lists of countries and territories by official language

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    Asia 1,367,703,110 [1] Hindi is one of the two official union languages of India alongside English. Hindi and Urdu (both registers of Hindustani language) are official languages along with 20 others under the Eighth Schedule of Constitution of India. Pakistan: Asia 220,892,331 [2] Urdu is co-official with English. South Africa: Africa ...

  9. Category:Languages of Asia - Wikipedia

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    Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; ... Pages in category "Languages of Asia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 ...