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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American sijo

Korea Times 19 Nov 2018

But once I explain it and give an example, sometimes a translation of a Korean poem, or sometimes an original English poem, then they start to "get it" ― to see how a sijo can work in a foreign language ... Mark Peterson (markpeterson@byu.edu) is professor emeritus of Korean, Asian and Near Eastern languages at Brigham Young University in Utah....

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Crossword puzzle, Wander Words answers: November 19, 2018

Metro USA 19 Nov 2018

... 43 Adolescent 45 Ne'er-do-wells 46 Bullring cheer 47 Bothersome person 48 Asian language 51 Lending a hand 56 Fumbler's word 57 "It never __ but it pours" 58 Yuletide carol 60 Merriment 61 Fill with joy 62 Checkers or canasta 63 Chances 64 Evil spirit 65 Presidential monogram....

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The shaming of the national language

The Manila Times 16 Nov 2018

IF there is one certain indicator of the bias of a person in relation to the issue of our national language, it is to argue that it is Tagalog ... When foreign students come to the Philippines, we do not require them to first learn our language and take a proficiency exam ... They say we should just keep our advantage in English over our Asian neighbors....

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The Director's Cut of STRANGERS and Brian L. Tan's HOLDOUT Will World Premiere on CHOPSO on Friday, Dec. 7, at 8 p.m.

Market Watch 16 Nov 2018

STRANGERS is the sophomoric feature directed by Michael Aki after his first feature SUNSETS (1997) that world-premiered as part of Class of 1997, Asian American New Wave, at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival in 1997 ... CHOPSO is the ultimate streaming destination for English-language Asian content worldwide....

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China expected to lead AI application in smart city development

Xinhua 16 Nov 2018

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov ... Senior information technology experts and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley shared their opinions on China's smart city development and application at a seminar held by the U.S.-Asia Technology Management Center and Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California ... ....

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The PRAKRIT universe

The Hindu 15 Nov 2018

Settar’s new book Prakruta Jagadvalaya is more than an important addition to repertoire of thought-provoking books on Kannada language and culture ... One of the great advantages of Sheldon Pollock’s historiography of South Asian literary cultures is the emphasis on negotiations as opposed to opposition between languages....

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Harvard's problem is a version of America's

Tyler Morning Telegraph 15 Nov 2018

Supreme Court — concerns whether Harvard's admissions policy regarding Asian-Americans is unjust, and whether the government should respond ... (Emphases added.) Such open-textured language, deployed in the pursuit of "diversity" (of cultures, perspectives, experiences, etc.), leaves vast scope for practices to engineer various student bodies....

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Cinedigm Corp. (CIDM) CEO Chris McGurk on Q2 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha 15 Nov 2018

Cinedigm Corp. (NASDAQ.CIDM) Q2 2019 Earnings Conference Call November 14, 2018 4.30 PM ET. Executives ... Analysts. Barry Sine - Dawson James ... We might then, you know after we have launched the channel expand into a broader presentation of Asian content, but I think, you know at the beginning, it’s almost exclusively going to be Chinese language content ... ....

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A county in Idaho offered Spanish-language ballots for the first time and here's what happened

Ravalli Republic 14 Nov 2018

That’s why the Voting Rights Act has protections for language minorities, defined as “persons who are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives, or of Spanish heritage.” The act requires local election officials to provide foreign-language election materials in regions that have a certain number of voters with limited English proficiency....

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Diverse population is vital to US campus life: Jianmin Qu

The Jakarta Post 14 Nov 2018

How many Asian students are there compared to US students at Tufts? ... We currently have quite a few from Southeast Asian countries, but not too many from Indonesia yet ... From the academic side, we have an Asian study program where we offer courses specifically geared toward Asian culture, Asian history, Asian languages and so forth....

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A county in Idaho offered Spanish-language ballots for the first time and here’s what happened

Wtop 14 Nov 2018

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'Dónde votar,' or 'where to vote' in Spanish, was the top Google search term during the US midterm elections, but voter access wasn't the only issue for Latino voters

Business Insider 14 Nov 2018

the availability of foreign-language ballots ... That's why the Voting Rights Act has protections for language minorities, defined as "persons who are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives, or of Spanish heritage." ... For the first time, Idaho had a jurisdiction required to offer Spanish-language ballots....

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Teresa Teng’s songs inspire new TV series

The Star 14 Nov 2018

In the smash Hong Kong movie Comrades. Almost A Love Story (1996), there is a memorable line ... Singing mostly in Mandarin in a 27-year career, but also in other Asian languages and English, Teng’s repertoire spanned pop, ballads and folk music ... Memory Eclipse marks another milestone for Fox in growing Asian content....