Languages of Asia

There is a wide variety of languages spoken throughout Asia, comprising a number of families and some unrelated isolates. Asian languages usually have a long tradition of writing, but not always.

Language groups

The major families in terms of numbers are Indo-European in South Asia and Sino-Tibetan in East Asia. Several other families are regionally dominant.

Sino-Tibetan

Sino-Tibetan includes Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, and numerous languages of the Tibetan Plateau, southern China, Burma, and North east India.

Indo-European

The Indo-European family is represented by the Indic branch, which includes Sindhi, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and many other languages of India (Assamese, Bengali etc.), Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives; the Iranian branch, which includes Persian, Pashto, and other languages of Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia; the Slavic branch, which includes Russian in Siberia; Greek around the Black Sea; and Armenian; as well as extinct languages such as Hittite of Anatolia and Tocharian of (Chinese) Turkestan.

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Latest News for: Asian languages

Iran’s Oscar contender “No Date, No Signature” to go on screen at Asian World Film Festival

Tehran Times 20 Oct 2018

TEHRAN – “No Date, No Signature”, Iran’s submission to the 91st Academy Awards in the best foreign language film category, will go on screen at the Fourth Annual Asian World Film Festival, the organizers have announced ... ....

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“No Date, No Signature” to go on screen at Asian World Film Festival

Tehran Times 20 Oct 2018

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Midterm elections: Inside the Democrats' battle to turn Orange County blue

The Independent 20 Oct 2018

It is now one-fifth Asian, one-third Latino and a reported 45 per cent of households speak a language other than English . ....

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The City That Had Too Much Money

Yahoo Daily News 20 Oct 2018

Six sold on the first day—bound, perhaps, for the “car condo,” a kind of luxe garage with customizable suites that’s being built in a majority-Asian suburb ... “Asian capital has kept this economy alive, end of story,” says Ron Shon, a Chinese-Canadian venture capitalist who arrived as a teenager in the late 1960s ... He’s also worked with Asian retailers to bring their wares to North America....

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The Indo-Jap cultural swap

Mid Day 19 Oct 2018

An initiative of Sarita Sundaram, president of the Teachers Association of Japanese — Mumbai, who started the festival in 2007, it gives a platform to students of Japanese in the city to showcase their love for the language through cultural programmes ... "We are all here for the love of the language ... A Japanese classroom- based drama that revolves around the journey of learning the language is also part of the line-up....

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Time needed for adjusting to PSG, says Chinese footballer Wang

China Daily 19 Oct 2018

"I need to be more confident on the pitch ... "As an Asian player, I think the goal is important for me to stay in hunt in European leagues," said Wang. "It's not easy for Asian players to stay in Europe, partly due to cultural difference and languages ...  . ....

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Trump to nominate former Air Force general as top Asia diplomat

Yahoo Daily News 18 Oct 2018

By David Brunnstrom ... A White House statement on Wednesday said Trump had announced his intention to nominate Stilwell, a former career fighter pilot who speaks Korean, Chinese and some Japanese, to be assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs ... Stilwell joined the Air Force in 1980 as a Korean linguist and served in South Korea before earning degrees in Asian studies and the Chinese language ... ....

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Donald Trump to nominate former Air Force general as top Asia diplomat

DNA India 18 Oct 2018

A White House statement on Wednesday said Trump had announced his intention to nominate Stilwell, a former career fighter pilot who speaks Korean, Chinese and some Japanese, to be assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs ... Stilwell joined the Air Force in 1980 as a Korean linguist and served in South Korea before earning degrees in Asian studies and the Chinese language ... Russel welcomed Stilwell's nomination ... ....

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Mary Adamski:‘Give me your tired, your poor’

Hawaii Catholic Herald 17 Oct 2018

CNS photo ... What they need to do is look at the Bible” and interpret its poetic language into a practical goal of turning tools of war, including the technology used as weaponry, “to use to feed hungry folk.” ... The format of the evening service, with nine different languages used for readings, hymns and the prayers of the people by participants in the Asian-American conference, was affirmation of the immigration theme I had in mind ... ....

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K-pop world domination

The Daily Tribune 16 Oct 2018

“K-pop or the Hallyu wave is truly an Asian success story. For a genre that’s in a different language and from a very different culture, it is inspiring to see how K-pop is making its mark on the global stage,” says Eve Tan, Shows & Editorial, Team Lead, Spotify, Southeast Asia ... To capitalize on their rising popularity across the globe, many K-pop artists now record songs in multiple languages....

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China says internment camps are 'free vocational training'

The Bradford Era 16 Oct 2018

Key to the party's vision, the Xinhua report showed, was the need for the region's Central Asian ethnic groups to undergo an intensive assimilation in Chinese language, culture and history, and push them to adopt what the party considered a modern, civilized way of life ... They have described being held in camps where they were forced to recite party slogans and renounce their faith ... Asian stocks slip on continuing global trade worries....

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Xinjiang governor praises Uighur Muslim 'education camps'

BBC News 16 Oct 2018

Scattered throughout the interview are quotes, purportedly from "graduates", praising the government for giving them the opportunity to change their ways. "The government didn't give up on me. It has actively saved and assisted me, giving me free food, accommodation and education," said one ... My kids are proud of me ... They see themselves as culturally and ethnically close to Central Asian nations, and their language is similar to Turkish ... ....

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China claims Xinjiang detention camps for Muslims teach culture

Hong Kong Standard 16 Oct 2018

Shohrat Zakir, governor of the far west Xinjiang region, describes the mass internment of Uighur and Kazakh Muslims as "free vocational training.” ... Key to the party’s vision, the Xinhua report showed, was the need for the region’s Central Asian ethnic groups to undergo an intensive assimilation in Chinese language, culture and history, and push them to adopt what the party considered a modern, civilized way of life ... ....

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