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Languages of Asia Information

There is a wide variety of languages spoken throughout Asia, comprising a number of families and some unrelated isolates. Many languages have a long tradition of writing.

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Central and North Asian languages

East Asian

See also: East Asian languages

Southeast Asian languages

South Asia

See also: Languages of South Asia

The above are the four major South Indian languages, however due its to close historic relationship and intermingling of people there has been a plethora of language mixtures which have evolved into new languages with peculiar grammar features such as:

Southwest Asia

Others

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1 Sometimes included in Europe, depending on the border definitions. 2 Officially known as Myanmar. 3 Sometimes included in Oceania, and also known as Timor-Leste. 4 Transcontinental country. 5 Commonly known as Taiwan.
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