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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Singing in dark times

Indian Express 14 Feb 2019

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the concept of Asian poetry seems to have taken roots in many languages across Asia ... Indian poetry, written in many languages, have been a part of this scenario ... Poetry today takes place in an environment in which language is being devalued, made flat and uniform, a version of utter banality....

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Feature: Books on China's literature, culture attract thousands at Cuba's book fair

Xinhua 14 Feb 2019

Qin said the publishing house that she is working in offers services for foreign readers who want to know more about the Asian nation, as they attach great importance to the publication of books in other languages ... and understanding of the Asian nation among foreign readers....

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The Future is Asian by Parag Khanna – Power of the Indian American diaspora

News India Times 14 Feb 2019

Khanna give several nuggets of information, including the fact that Telugu today is the fastest-growing language in the US. “It is safe to say that Silicon Valley would not be what it is today without Asians ... “Americans have become ever more attuned to Asian belief system and spirituality ... “Yet a sea change is under way in the Asian student flow....

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Sex abuse crusaders graduate from Vatican university

The News International 14 Feb 2019

That is why we need to have experts on the ground, Africans who talk to Africans, Asians who talk to Asians. "They have the language to talk about sexual misbehaviour, they know about the cultural differences" ... That is why we need to have experts on the ground, Africans who talk to Africans, Asians who talk to Asians....

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UH produces flock of Fulbrights

Honolulu Star-Advertiser 14 Feb 2019

... environmental engineering, philosophy, English, Asian Studies, and Second Language Studies....

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What does 'I love you' mean? It depends on where you say it and what ...

The Keene Sentinel 14 Feb 2019

But what if they’re expressed in two words (“te amo”) or just one (“ahibbik”)? It isn’t just a question of language, of course ... language courses are closer to “like” (suki) and “affection” (ai) ... — Stephen Epstein, professor of Asian languages at Victoria University of Wellington....

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Class aims to bridge political divide between Hindi and Urdu languages

Daily Bruin 13 Feb 2019

Gyanam Mahajan, an Asian languages and cultures professor, has been teaching the class at UCLA for over a decade. She said she hopes teaching both Hindi and Urdu as one language in her lectures can help students reconcile their differing views regarding controversial South Asian geopolitics....

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ZEE5 announces Blockbuster February; unveils a line-up of star-studded Originals for its global audiences

DNA India 12 Feb 2019

... line-up promises a riveting and high-octane month for South Asians audiences across the globe.  ... With over 1,00,000 hours of Indian TV Shows, Movies, News and Videos, ZEE5 offers the largest bouquet of content across 12 languages to South Asian audiences across the globe....

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Borderless and Boundless: STC Grad Victoria Quintanilla is Going Places

Texas Border Business 12 Feb 2019

Stories from Yale University, where she’s pursuing a double-major in History and East Asian Studies. Stories from South Korea, where she’s currently living as she studies Korean Language and Culture at Seoul National University on a “gap year.” Not to mention her own origin story ......

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Comcast Forms Multi-Year Partnership with San Francisco’s Chinese Chamber of Commerce to Sponsor Chinese New Year Festival & Parade

Market Watch 11 Feb 2019

Comcast has consistently brought innovative products, services, content and other unique experiences to Asian-American audiences in California -- from an extensive array of international channels and in-language programming on X1, to offering unlimited long distance calling to China....

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Japan's consul general lauds business connections with Tennessee

The Maryville Daily Times 11 Feb 2019

The event was organized by the university’s Japanese program in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures and was sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Asian Studies program and the Center for International Education ... UT alumni account for dozens of these placements, particularly as English language instructors ... .......

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Sandra Oh on hosting Golden Globes: 'I wanted to hit it out of the (expletive) park'

Herald Mail 10 Feb 2019

Not only the Asian- American community but also the immigrant community as a whole, to be able to speak your parents’ language in a very, very public way," Oh said of her Globes speech, in which she thanked her enthusiastic parents in Korean ... But she described her preparation process in language that couldn't have aired on NBC....