Khmer Austro Asiatic languages are the original languages of Southeast Asia. They include Vietnamese ... Kadai or just Kadai languages of southern China spread in historic times into Southeast Asia, where ... spoken across northern Asia. These include the Uralic languages of western Siberia better known ... languages may be related as well. Small families of southern Asia Although dominated by major languages and families, there are number of minor families and isolates in southern Asia. From west ... Mien Miao Yao scattered across southern China and Southeast Asia several Papuan languages Papuan ... languagesAsia Pacific A number of sign languages are spoken throughout Asia. These include the Japanese ... languages main List of official languages by state Asia and Europe are the only two continents where ... Yemen See also East Asian languagesLanguages of South Asia List of extinct languages of Asia Classification schemes for Southeast Asian languages Navboxes list Languages of Asia Countries and languages lists DEFAULTSORT Languages Of Asia Category Languages of Asia az Avrasiya dill ri bn ...File Language families of Asia.png thumb 450px Of the many language families of Asia, Indo European purple ... Asia azure and peach , Dravidian in South India khaki , Turkic in Central Asia grey , and Semitic in the Mideast orange . There is a wide variety of language s spoken throughout Asia , comprising a number of families and some unrelated isolates. Many languages have a long tradition of writing. 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 main Sino Tibetan languages Sino Tibetan includes Chinese languages Chinese , Tibetan language Tibetan , Burmese language Burmese , and numerous languages of the Tibetan Plateau, southern China, Burma, and northeast India. Indo European main Indo Iranian languages Anatolian languages The Indo European family is represented ... more details
language Kassite Sumerian language Sumerian Category Extinct languages of Asia Category Lists of extinct languages Category Asia related lists Extinct languages gag Aziya k kl l diller listasi ...Unreferenced date August 2011 Image Asia satellite orthographic.jpg 230px right This is a list of extinct languages of Asia , languages which have undergone language death , have no native speakers , and no Historical language spoken descendant . China Ba Shu Chinese Khitan language Khitan Saka language Saka Tocharian languages Tocharian Jurchen language Jurchen Zhang Zhung language Zhang Zhung Tangut language Tangut Han er language Han er Korea Goguryeo language Goguryeo Silla language Silla Buyeo language Buyeo Baekje language Baekje Philippines Agta Dicamay language Agta Dicamay Agta Villaviciosa language Agta Villaviciosa Ayta Tayabas languages Ayta Tayabas Katabaga language Katabaga Central and Northern Asia Scythian languages , other than pre Ossetic language Ossetic Hunnic language Hunnic Khazar language Khazarian Sogdian language Sogdian Siberia Arin language Arin Assan language Assan Kamassian language Kamassian Koibal language Samoyedic Koibal Kott language Kott Mator language Mator Pumpokol language Pumpokol Sireniki Eskimo language Sireniki Yugh language Yugh Yurats language Yurats India Ahom language Ahom Andamanese languages Aka Bea Aka Bo Aka Cari Aka Jeru Aka Kede Aka Kol Aka Kora Akar Bale Oko Juwoi Arwi language Arwi Labanki Sri Lanka Arwi language Arwi Sri Lankan Portuguese language Ceylon Portuguese Ceylon Dutch language Ceylon Dutch Sri Lanka Kaffir people Kaffir Pali language Pali Taiwan Basay language Basay Luilang language Luilang Kulun language Kulun Honya Taokas Papora Siraya language Siraya Babuza language Babuza Pazeh language Pazeh Thailand Phi language Phi Near East Anatolia Anatolian languages Carian language Carian Hittite language Hittite Luwian ... Trojan Urartian language Urartian Arabia Hadramautic languages Hadramautic Himyarite language ... more details
duplication Merge List of languages by number of native speakers in India date September 2009 South Asia is home to several hundred Languages of India languages . Most languages spoken in India belong either to the Indo European languages Indo European Circa ca. 74 , the Dravidian languages Dravidian ca. 24 , the Austroasiatic languages Austroasiatic Munda languages Munda ca. 1.2 , or the Tibeto Burman languages Tibeto Burman ca. 0.6 families, with some languages of the Himalayas still unclassified. The SIL International SIL Ethnologue lists 415 living languages for India. Overview File South asia local lang new.PNG thumb right 500px Map of South Asia in native language s. Hindi Hindi Urdu besides ... Asia Category Lists of Indo European languages Indian Category Languages of India cy Rhestr o ieithoedd ... languages . The native speakers of Hindi so defined accounts for about 40 of Indians. Indian English ... language of the Union besides Hindi. Thirteen languages account for more than 1 of Indian population each, and between themselves for over 95 all of them are Official languages of India The languages of the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution scheduled languages of the constitution except Saraiki language Saraiki which is languages of more than 40 million speakers in india. Scheduled languages spoken ... of languages by number of native speakers Ordered by number of speakers as first language . South ... percentage of native languages is at about 127 . More than one million speakers The 2001 census recorded 29 individual languages as having more than 1 million native speakers 0.1 of total population ... Indian census 1991 census http www.censusindia.gov.in Indian Census http www.ciil.org Main Languages ... worldwide 2007 ref cite web title Languages Spoken by More Than 10 Million People Table MSN Encarta BOT GENERATED TITLE url http encarta.msn.com media 701500404 languages spoken by more than 10 million ... 10 31 deadurl yes ref Speakers Percentage Speakers Percentage Speakers 1 Hindi languages Hindi ref ... more details
ISO 639 3 bhm Ethnologue entry Ethnolink bhm Bathari language Category Endangered languagesAsia Category Lists of languages Endangered Category Asia related lists Endangered languages ... . Asia is the world s largest and most populous continent . Afghanistan class wikitable align center ... Language Mogholi language Comments No. Speakers Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ISO ... Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ISO 639 3 none Ethnologue entry Language Tirahi ... Also found in Thailand No. Speakers 5,500 Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ISO ... entry Language Archi language Comments No. Speakers Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ... Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ISO 639 3 bbl Ethnologue entry Ethnolink bbl Bats language Language Budukh language Comments No. Speakers Source Red Book of Endangered Languages ... Comments No. Speakers Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ISO 639 3 gdo Ethnologue entry ... of Endangered Languages Red Book ISO 639 3 gin Ethnologue entry Ethnolink gin Hinukh language Language Hunzib language Comments No. Speakers Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ISO 639 3 ... Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ISO 639 3 none Ethnologue entry Language Khwarshi language Comments 3,000 2006 Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ISO 639 3 none Ethnologue entry Language Kryts language Comments No. Speakers Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ... Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ISO 639 3 sva Ethnologue entry Ethnolink sva Svan language Language Tindi language Comments No. Speakers Source Red Book of Endangered Languages ... No. Speakers Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ISO 639 3 udi Ethnologue entry Ethnolink ... Ejnu language Comments No. Speakers Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ISO 639 3 ... at least 60 speakers as can be seen Source Red Book of Endangered Languages Red Book ISO 639 ... more details
orphan date January 2010 Italic title Infobox Journal title Africa & Asia G teborg Working Papers on Asian and African Languages and Literatures cover discipline Linguistics , literature language website http www.african.gu.se aa contents.html link1 link1 name publisher G teborg University country Sweden abbreviation history frequency Annually ISSN 1650 2019 eISSN Jstor OCLC 64272834 LCCN The series Africa & Asia G teborg Working Papers on Asian and African Languages and Literatures aims to cover any aspect relevant to the study of Asian and African languages and literatures. The journal appears annually. External links http www.african.gu.se aa contents.html Category Open access journals Category Linguistics journals Category Literary magazines Category University of Gothenburg Category Annual journals ... more details
Subclass PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania is a classification used by the Library ... its name includes Turkic languages spoken in the Middle East and Central Asia , not in Eastern Asia. Contents PL1 8844..........Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1 481.......... Ural Altaic languages PL21 396.......... Turkic languages PL400 431.......... Mongolian languages PL450 481.......... Tungusic languages Tungus Manchu languages PL 490 495..........Far Eastern languages and literature ... 3311..........Non Chinese languages of China PL3501 3509..........Non Aryan languages of India and Southeastern Asia in general PL3512.......... Malaysian literature PL3515.......... Singaporean literature Singapore literature PL3518..........Languages of the Montagnard Vietnam Montagnard s PL3521 4001.......... Sino Tibetan languages PL3551 4001.......... Tibeto Burman languages PL3561 3801..........Tibeto Himalayan languages PL3601 3775.......... Tibetan language Tibetan PL3781 3801.......... Himalayan languages PL3851 4001.......... Assam and Burma PL4051 4054.......... Karen languages PL4070 4074.......... Miao Yao languages PL4281 4587.......... Austroasiatic languages PL4301 4470.......... Mon Khmer languages Mon Khmer Mon Annam languages PL4371 4379.......... Vietnamese language ... Khasi , Muong language Muong , etc. PL4471 4471.5.......... Nicobarese languages Nicobarese PL4490 4498.......... Chamic languages PL4501 4587.......... Munda languages Kolarian languages PL4601 4890 .......... Dravidian languages PL5001 7511..........Languages of Oceania PL5001 7101.......... Austronesian languages Austronesian , Papuan, and Australian languages PL5051 5497.......... Malayan languages Malayan Indonesian languages PL5501 6135.......... Philippine languages PL6145 6167.......... Formosan languages Taiwan languages PL6191 6341.......... Micronesian languages Micronesian and Melanesian languages PL6401 6551.......... Polynesian languages PL6601 6621.......... Papuan languages ... more details
6 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 7 West Bank West Bank Palestine languagesLanguages of Asia List of languages time UTC 2 to UTC 12 internet .asia cities List of metropolitan areas in Asia by population ... name, Asia , in various forms in a large number of modern languages is of unknown ultimate provenience ... Indo Europeans Indo Europeans , who spread their languages into the Middle East, South Asia, and the borders ... name UNDP Languages Main Languages of AsiaAsia is home to several language family language families ...Other uses pp semi small yes pp move indef Infobox Continent title Asia image File Asia orthographic projection .svg alt Globe centered on Asia, with Asia highlighted. The continent is shaped like a right ... in Asia dependencies Collapsible list title voidd frame style border none padding 0 list style ... Asia is the world s largest and most populous continent , located primarily in the Eastern Hemisphere ... . During the 20th century Asia s population nearly quadrupled. ref cite journal url http www.economist.com ... online, The Economist Group . ref Asia is defined according to similar definitions presented by the Encyclop dia Britannica ref name Britannica cite encyclopedia title Asia url http www.britannica.com eb article 9110518 Asia encyclopedia eb.com, Encyclop dia Britannica year 2006 location Chicago ... Asia pp. 90 1 A commonly accepted division between Asia and Europe is formed by the Ural Mountains .... It contains one country in the Mediterranean Sea Cyprus . Given its size and diversity, Asia a toponymy ... McG H cite web title Asia url http accessscience.com abstract.aspx?id 054800&referURL http 3a 2f 2faccessscience.com ... July 2011 ref Asia differs very widely among and within Regions of Asia its regions with regard to ethnic ... and boundaries details3 Geography of Asia Boundary Geography of Asia , Boundaries between continents , List of transcontinental countries Asia and Europe List of transcontinental countries and Copenhagen ... 300px Two point equidistant projection of Asia and surrounding landmasses. The original distinction ... more details
Infobox Top level domain name .asia background FCC image Image Dotasia.png .asia introduced 2006 type ... As a regional domain for Asia and the Pacific restrictions Requires one contact in the Asia Australia ... website http www.dotAsia.org DotAsia.org dnssec yes .asia is a sponsored top level domain sponsored ... for companies, organizations, and individuals based in the region of Asia , Australia , and the Pacific . Roll out response The .asia domain opened to registrations on a first come, first served basis on 26 March 2008. The sunrise period for .asia began on 9 October 2007, and ended on 31 January 2008. From 20 February 2008 to 12 March 2008, .asia was in the land rush state. Anyone meeting the .asia registration requirements could apply for any available .asia domain name. Each domain name for which ... .asia domains was 182,692. ref cite web url http www.icann.org en tlds monthly reports asiaasia transactions 201011.csv title ICANN Registry report for .asia November 2011 ref As of December ... Detailed asia Statistics 2011.php title HosterStats.com Detailed .asia Statistics 2011 ref Controversy Eligibility Although intended to confine eligibility to genuine denizens of the extended Asia Pacific region, in practice, many entities outside the area have been able to register .asia domains without ... auction contenders or lead to legal challenges, as it may contravene the .asia charter ref http www.icann.org tlds agreements asia appendix s 06dec06.htm 1 ref blockquote To sponsor, establish ..., dedicated to the needs of the Pan Asia and Asia Pacific Internet community. blockquote Conflict of interest ..., a Canadian company with exclusive rights to auction .ASIA domains prior to initial allocation. The CEO, Richard Schreier , is accused of securing with unfair advantage several premium .ASIA domain ... asia and poolcom come under fire 1575 Asia and Pool.com Come Under Fire Domain Name News Bot generated ... according to the .ASIA whois service, were awarded during the Sunrise period which means their applications ... more details
br UAE br UZB br VIE br YEM col end Geographic features of Asia List of World Heritage Sites in Asia List of glaciers in Asia List of islands of Asia Category Mountains of Asia List of mountains in Asia List of rivers of Asia Demography of Asia main Demographics of AsiaAsia topic Demographics of History of AsiaAsia topic History of Imperialism in Asia Events preceding World War II in Asia History by field Cartography of Asia History of Cartography in Asia Coinage of Asia Chronology of European exploration of Asia Military history of Asia History by region History of Central Asia History of East Asia History of South Asia History of Southeast Asia Culture of Asia main Culture of Asia Asian people Etiquette in Asia Religion in Asia Islam in Asia Christianity in Asia Hinduism in Southeast Asia List of World Heritage Sites in Asia World Heritage Sites Asia topic Culture of Asia topic Architecture of Asia topic Clothing in Asia topic Cuisine of Asia topic Languages of Asia topic Media ...File LocationAsia.png right 200px See also Index of Asia related articles The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to AsiaAsia &ndash world s largest and most populous continent ... people, it hosts 60 of the world s current human population . File Asia map.png right 370px Geography of AsiaAsia topic Geography of commons Atlas of Asia Atlas of Asia List of cities of East Asia Regions of AsiaAsia topic Regions of Central Asia East Asia South Asia Southeast Asia West Asia Countries of Asia main List of Asian countries Coats of arms of Asia Flags of Asia List of Asian countries by GDP PPP List of Asian countries by population List of Asia related articles col begin col 3 flag ... to be a part of List of European countries Europe or Asia ref br AFG br flagicon United Kingdom ... to be a part of Asia or List of African countries Africa . ref br GEO ref name TCC br HKG ... to be a part of Asia or List of Oceanian countries Oceania ref col 3 IRN br IRQ br ISR br JPN ... more details
Infobox language family name Sabahan altname region Sabah , Borneo familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Indo Melanesian languages Indo Melanesian fam4 Bornean languages Bornean ? The Sabahan languages are a group of Austronesian languages centered on the Bornean province of Sabah . Languages The constituents from Blust 1991 mentioned explicitly in Adelaar & Himmelmann 2005 are, Banggi languages Banggi 2 Dusunic languages Dusunic 15 Paitanic languages Paitanic 4 Ida an language Ida an Murutic languages Murutic 7 Tidong languages Tidong 5 A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the unity of Murutic languages Murutic and Ida an language Ida an . However, the other branches were not considered. References K. Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005. http language.psy.auckland.ac.nz austronesian research.php Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Category Sabahan languages au lang stub fr Langues sabahanes mk ... more details
meaning Inner Asia in the languages of Inner Asian peoples are all modern loan translations of European, mostly Russian, terms. Central Asia normally denotes the western, Islam in Central Asia Islamic part of Inner Asia , but it is sometimes used as a synonym for Inner Asia. The Library of Congress ...Inner Asia has a range of meanings among different researchers and in different countries. ref http www.stormingmedia.us 17 1794 A179414.html Book Abstaract Inner Asia Making a Long Term U.S. Commitment. Authors Carol D. Clair ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA. Retrieved 22 August 2009. ref Denis Sinor defined Inner Asia broadly synonymous with Central Eurasia as the homelands of the Altaic peoples Mongols Mongolian , Turkic peoples Turkic , and Manchu Tungus and the Uralic peoples Finno Ugric peoples ... Asia, Volume 1 By Denis Sinor. Retrieved 22 August 2009. ref German language German makes a distinction ..., meaning the republics of Central Asia. The less common term Innerasien corresponds to our sense of Inner Asia. In French language French , Asie Centrale can mean both Central Asia and Inner Asia Mongolia and Tibet by themselves are termed Haute Asie High Asia . ref http www.indiana.edu rifias RIFIAS ... are looking for materials on both Inner Asia and Central Asia should search under the subject heading Asia, Central. ref http www.indiana.edu rifias RIFIAS and Inner Asian Studies.htm Research Institute ..., Indiana . Retrieved 22 August 2009. ref See also Central Asia Western Regions Tang Dynasty in Inner Asia References Reflist External links http www.aasianst.org councils CIAC.htm The China and Inner Asia Council CIAC . The Association for Asian Studies The Association for Asian Studies AAS . http ... Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit MIASU . University of Cambridge University of Cambridge, UK . Category Asia Category Geography of Asia Category Natural history of Asia Category Central Asia de Zentralasien fr Asie centrale ... more details
Infobox language family name Moklen altname Moklen Moken region West of the Kra Isthmus , Burma and Thailand familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Nuclear Malayo Polynesian languages Nuclear MP fam4 Malayo Sumbawan languages Malayo Sumbawan ? fam5 Moklen Chamic ? The Moklen languages are a pair of closely related languages spoken by the Moklen , of coastal Thailand, and the Moken Sea Gypsies off the coast of Burma. They are somewhat divergent from other Austronesian languages . Moklen language Moklen , Moken language Moken References Michael Larish, 2005. Moken and Moklen , in Adelaar & Himmelmann, eds, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar Category Malayo Polynesian languages au lang stub fr Langues moken moklen mk ... more details
Infobox language family name Tamanic altname region Kalimantan familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Nuclear Malayo Polynesian languages Nuclear MP fam4 South Sulawesi languages South Sulawesi ? fam5 Bugis Tamanic ? child1 Mbalo language Mbalo child2 Taman language Taman The Tamanic languages are a small group of languages of Indonesian Borneo Mbalo language Mbalo Embaloh, incl. Kalis language Kalis , Taman language Taman Taman Dayak The classification of the Tamanic languages, usually represented by Mbalo alone, is unclear. Long left unclassified, Adelaar and Himmelmann 2005 took the view that it was especially close to Buginese language Buginese . However, the 2008 study found it to be a near isolate within Malayo Polynesian, linking it at 75 confidence as an independent branch of Nuclear Malayo Polynesian languages Nuclear Malayo Polynesian . References K. Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005. http language.psy.auckland.ac.nz austronesian research.php Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database, 2008. Category Malayo Polynesian languages au lang stub ... more details
focus on Asian languages. Despite the name, Asia Online is not limited to just Asian languages and also supports all 23 official EU languages across each other. ref http www.asiaonline.net LanguagesSupported.aspx ... languages. The quality of the data was very low. Asia Online has focused machine and human resources ... learning sources. Real time corrections Languages available Asia Online currently has more ...Infobox company name Asia Online Pte Ltd logo File AsiaOnline.png caption type genre fate predecessor ... footnotes intl Asia Online is a privately owned company backed by individual investors ... operations in Bangkok , Thailand , with R&D activities throughout Asia and expanding sales operations in Europe and North America ref http www.asiaonline.net AboutUs.aspx ref . Asia Online is undertaking ... quantities of the worlds English language knowledge into Asian languages . This is achieved using ... Wiggins. ref http www.asiaonline.net AboutUs.aspx ref . Asia Online s statistically based translation .... Asia Online uses statistical techniques from cryptography , applying machine learning algorithms ... 7, 2011, Asia Online launched it s Thai language consumer portal ref http th.asiaonline.com launch ... statistical machine translation SMT systems, some publicly accessible. Asia Online claims there are flaws ... firm, in their Global Watchtower blog shown in the link below. Supported Languages Supported languages ... . br Asian Languages br Available Now Arabic AR , Chinese ZH , Japanese JA , Bahasa Indonesia ID , Korean ... , Punjabi PA , Tagalog TL , Tamil TM , Vietnamese VI . European Languages br Available Now Bulgarian ... Translate Eurotra External links http www.asiaonline.com Asia Online Portal Homepage http www.asiaonline.net Asia Online Company Homepage http www.languagestudio.com Language Studio Platform Overview ... launch the Thai language Asia Online portal in front of the Thai media as a gift to the children ... asia online language studio.html TAUS Technology Review of Language Studio http dotsub.com view 727cdacf ... more details
Infobox TV channel name TV Asia logofile TV Asia.png logosize 150px logocaption TV Asia Logo launch April 10, 1990 owner Asia Star Broadcasting Inc. slogan Home Away From Home key people H.R. Shah br President & Chief Executive Officer CEO chairman ceo H.R. Shah country India web http www.tvasiausa.com terr avail Not Available sat serv 1 Dish Network small United States USA small sat chan 1 Channel 788 cable serv 5 Rogers Cable small Canada small cable chan 5 Channel 846 cable serv 1 iO Digital Cable Service Cablevision small United States USA small cable chan 1 Channel 243 cable serv 2 Comcast small United States USA small cable chan 2 check local listings cable serv 3 Columbus Cable small United States USA small cable chan 3 Channel 613 cable serv 6 Time Warner Cable small United States USA small cable chan 6 Channel 460 iptv serv 1 Bell Fibe TV small Canada small iptv chan 1 Channel 807 iptv serv 2 Verizon FiOS small United States USA small iptv chan 2 Channel 1752 TV Asia was the first Asian TV channel to be founded in the UK in 1990. It was Europe s first entertainment and information channel for the South Asian community from the Indian subcontinent. TV Asia was conceptualised & founded by Wasim Mehmood and Mohan Thariyan. Once TV Asia secured its Channel status in the UK in 1992, it was sold to a partnership formed between the top Indian talent represented by Amitabh Bachchan ... Zee India and TV Asia was renamed as Zee TV UK . In North America, TV Asia was also the first coast ... of different ownership, currently TV Asia has retained the same logo and style of programming ... language Gujarati & other regional languages, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Current Chairman CEO of TV Asia is H.R. Shah . Programs Broadcast By TV Asia Main List of Programs Broadcast By TV Asia ... States Containing Malware TV ASIA Programmes DEFAULTSORT Tv Asia Category Television stations in India Category News Corporation subsidiaries pt TV Asia ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2011 Original research date April 2011 Latin Asia is a term used to designate the countries of Asia that are heavily influenced by nations whose languages are one of the modern day Romance languages . Unlike the rest of the Latin world, French language French , Portuguese language Portuguese , and Spanish language Spanish and are not the prevalent languages in daily speech. Rather, these are just one of the official languages of the country or territory. Others have even completely eliminated the official functions of the language yet these languages remain to be a strong minority. Countries by Linguistic Affiliation French French is important in the French Indochina former colony of Indochina . Today, the French language has an official status in Lebanon . It is also preserved in some countries in Southeast Asia , especially Lao French Laos , Vietnamese French dialect Vietnam and Cambodian French linguistics Cambodia , which all belonged to the former French Indochina . French also remains an important language in the territory known as French India . Portuguese Unlike Spanish and French, Portuguese language Portuguese remains an official language to the former colonies of the Portuguese Empire . Today, it is an official language of two states in Asia , specifically Timor Leste , Macau . It is also preserved in Goa , India and some parts of Malaysia , especially in the state of Malacca . Portuguese also has a moderate Japanese words of Portuguese origin influence in Japanese . Spanish Apart from some short lived colonies, the Philippines was the only colony of the Spanish Empire in Asia. Hence, the Philippines is the only country in Asia that has a strong Spanish influence both in Spanish influence on Filipino culture culture , Religion in the Philippines religion , Ethnic groups in the Philippines people , and in Spanish language in the Philippines language . Today, the promotion of Spanish language Spanish is mentioned in the constitution to be on a voluntary ... more details
Geography and Anthropological Disapora Languages of Africa Africa , Western Political , Languages of Europe Europe , Languages of North America Immigrant languages North America West . Languages of Oceania Oceania Eastern Languages of AsiaAsia , Languages of North America Indigenous languages North America West , Languages of South America Indigenous languages South America Languages of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia , Languages of South Asia Programming Paradigm List of programming languages ...NOTOC cleanup rewrite date March 2012 Domain class wikitable Geography Name Number Indigenous languages of the Americas East Asian languages List of languages by name By name List of languages by total number of speakers Total number of speakers List of languages by number of native speakers Number of native speakers Languages used on the Internet Most used on the Internet Classification Spoken According to SIL International , there are over 6,900 spoken languages, as cataloged and described in the book Languages of the World ISBN 0883128152 . The International Organization for Standardization ISO assigns codes for most languages for example, ISO 639 3 uses eng for English and apk for Plains Apache language Plains Apache , one of the five Apache languages of North America. ISO List of ISO 639 ... no inputbox Footer ISO 639 History List of languages by first written accounts List of languages by time of extinction Linguistic Countries and languages lists div align center class wikitable width 70 Constructed languages tl Constructed languages Official languages List of official languages List of official languages by state List of official languages by institution List of official languages Ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are official List of languages by number of countries where the language is spoken System Sign language and Writing system List of languages by writing system List of sign languages List of sign languages by number of native signers ... more details
Infobox TV channel name HBO Asia logofile HBO logo.svg logosize 200px logoalt logo2 launch 1992 picture ... Singapore broadcast area Asia headquarters 151 Lorong Chuan, New Technology Park 04 05, Serangoon Gardens , flagcountry Singapore sister names MAX Asia , HBO HiTS , HBO Signature HBO Signature Asia , HBO Family HBO Family Asia , HBO On Demand Asia, Screen RED RED , and HBO HD Asia timeshift names HBO HD Asia 1 hour earlier web http www.hboasia.com HBOAsia.com adsl serv 1 now TV Hong Kong adsl chan 1 Channel 110 HBO HD Asia , Channel 111 HBO HiTS , Channel 112 HBO Family , Channel 113 HBO Signature PLUS 1 , Channel 114 HBO Signature , Channel 115 HBO Asia adsl serv 2 IndosatM2 Indonesia adsl chan 2 Channel ??? adsl serv 3 Groovia TV Indonesia adsl chan 3 Channel 901 HBO HD Asia , Channel 604 HBO HiTS , Channel 605 HBO Family , Channel 602 HBO Signature , Channel 601 HBO Asia , Channel 603 Max Cinemax Asia sat serv 1 Tata Sky India sat chan 1 Channel 347 SD sat serv 2 Astro Malaysian satellite television Astro Malaysia sat chan 2 Channel 411 HBO Asia , Channel 431 HBO HD Asia , sat serv 3 Indovision Indonesia sat chan 3 Channel 6 HBO Signature , Channel 7 HBO Asia , Channel 8 Max ... serv 4 Okevision Indonesia sat chan 4 Channel 1 HBO Asia , Channel 2 HBO Signature , Channel 3 HBO ... HD , Channel 216 HBO Asia , Channel 217 HBO Signature , Channel 218 HBO HiTS , Channel 219 HBO Family sat serv 6 TelkomVision Indonesia sat chan 6 Channel ??? HBO HD , Channel 25 HBO Asia , Channel ... chan 7 Channel 43 HBO Asia , Channel 121 HBO HD , Channel 155 HBO Signature , Channel 156 HBO Family ... TV Philippines sat chan 9 Channel 43 HBO Asia , Channel 60 HBO HD Asia sat serv 10 HBO Ary digital Pakistan sat chan 10 Channel 10 sat serv 11 DishHD Asia Taiwan sat chan 11 Channel 604 HBO HD , Channel ... Philippines sat chan 12 Channel 19 HBO Asia , Channel 30 Screen RED sat serv 13 Dish TV India sat ... HBO Asia , Channel 74 br Screen RED br Channel 100 br HBO HiTS , br Channel 101 br HBO Signature , br ... more details
of fables 200 BC, has remained a favorite for 2000 years. Languages Main Languages of AsiaAsia .... The main language families found in Asia, along with examples of each, are Austro Asiatic languages ...The culture of Asia is human civilization in Asia . It features different kinds of cultural heritage ... called a continent from a Western centric perspective, of Asia. The region or continent is more commonly divided into more natural geographic and cultural subregion s, including the Central Asia , East Asia , South Asia the Indian subcontinent , North Asia , West Asia and Southeast Asia . Geographically, Asia is not a distinct continent culturally, there has been little unity or common history for many of the cultures and peoples of Asia. Asian art , Asian music music , and Asian cuisine cuisine ... of ethnic groups throughout Asia, with adaptations to the climate zones of Asia, which can perate, subtropical .... On the coasts of Asia, the ethnic groups have adopted various methods of harvest and transport. Some ... of Asia are completely urban Singapore and Hong Kong . The colonization of Asia was largely ended in the twentieth .... East Asia East Asia is usually thought to consist of China , Japan , North Korea , South Korea and Taiwan . The dominant influence history of East Asia historically has been China, though in modern ... long been a unifying principle of East Asia, as the medium for conveying Chinese culture. It was historically ... the case in the west. Though Korea and Japan are not Chinese speaking regions, their languages ... times, Chinese is also influenced by other Asian languages, especially modern technical and political ... much diversity between the countries of the region such as different religions, national costumes, languages, writing systems, cuisines, traditional music and so on. South Asia Indian Subcontinent Main Ethnic groups of South Asia Image South Asian Language Families.jpg thumb 220px Language families in South Asia Image Jaipurgarments.jpg left thumb 220px Traditional Rajasthan i garments from Jaipur ... more details
Infobox language family name Himalayish altname not a language family region Nepal , India Sikkim , Bhutan , China Tibet familycolor Sino Tibetan fam2 Tibeto Burman languages Tibeto Burman child1 Mahakiranti languages Mahakiranti child2 Tibeto Kanauri languages Tibeto Kanauri child3 Baima language Baima sil 233 16 Himalayish is a geographic clustering of languages of the Tibeto Burman family in the classification of James Matisoff citation needed date March 2009 that is used by Ethnologue . It is not a proposal for an actual genealogical relationship, but rather a convenient label until the necessary comparative work can be done. Major Himalayish languages include Tibetan language Tibetan and Nepal Bhasa . Himalayish languages are spoken throughout the Himalayas , including Nepal , India , Bhutan , Tibet and other parts of China . Category Languages of Asia st lang stub bg cs Him lajsk jazyky pt L nguas himalaias th ... more details
languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005. http language.psy.auckland.ac.nz austronesian research.php ... languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Nuclear Malayo Polynesian languages Nuclear MP child1 child2 child3 The Celebic languages are a proposed group of Malayo Polynesian languages spoken on the island of Sulawesi , formerly spelled Celebes. It would be the largest family of languages on that island ... of the Celebic languages. It determined the internal structure to be as follows Saluan Banggai languages Saluan Banggai Southeast Celebic 85 confidence Pamona Tolaki 90 Kaili Pamona languages Kaili Pamona Bungku Tolaki languages Bungku Tolaki Greater Muna Buton 100 Tukangbesi Bonerate Tukang Besi language Tukang Besi Popalia , Bonerate language Bonerate Muna Wolio 75 Wotu Wolio languages Wotu Wolio Muna Buton languages Muna Buton The Tomini Tolitoli languages were not covered by the study ... Sulawesi has a diverse set of languages. The families of the north Gorontalo Mongondow languages Gorontalo , Sangiric languages Sangiric , and Minahasan languages have the Austronesian alignment system of syntax common to the languages of the Philippines and Borneo , and reconstructed for proto Malayo Polynesian . The languages of the center and south of the island have lost this system. Wouk and Ross 2002 argued from this that Sulawesi was the center of dispersal for a group of languages which share this loss, which they call Nuclear Malayo Polynesian languages Nuclear Malayo Polynesian ... Gorontalo, Sangiric, and Minahasan as Philippine languages , with Gorontalo in a Greater Central ... of Gorontalo with the Philippine languages, as a coordinate branch 100 support for Gorontalo Philippines and a primary division into Gorontalo vs Philippine languages . Moderate 80 support was found for unifying Sangiric and Minahasan like the other groups of Sulawesi, South Sulawesi languages ... and are perhaps most closely tied within that group to Central Eastern Malayo Polynesian languages ... more details
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languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005. http language.psy.auckland.ac.nz austronesian research.php Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Category Bornean languages au lang stub es ... more details
Infobox language family name Minahasan region northern Sulawesi familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Philippine languages Philippine ? fam4 Sangir Minahasan? The Minahasan languages are a group of languages spoken by the Minahasa people in northern Sulawesi . Classification The languages are Sneddon 1978 9 Tonsawang language Tonsawang North Minahasan Tontemboan language Tontemboan Northeast Tondano language Tondano , Tombulu language Tombulu Minahasa , Tonsea language Tonsea Adelaar and Himmelmann 2005 classified Sangiric languages Sangiric and Minahasan as branches of the Philippine languages . However, a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database found moderate 80 support for a Sangir Minahasan family, which it placed among the Nuclear Malayo Polynesian languages . References K. Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005. Sneddon, James N. 1978. Proto Minahasan phonology, morphology, and wordlist. Canberra Pacific Linguistics. http language.psy.auckland.ac.nz austronesian research.php Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database, 2008. Category Sulawesi languages au lang stub fr Langues minahasanes id Rumpun bahasa Minahasa ... more details
and early Islamic times, southern Central Asia was inhabited predominantly by speakers of Iranian languages ...Infobox bodyclass geogra above Central Asia image File Central Asia orthographic projection .svg 200px Map of Central Asia label1 Area data1 convert 4003400 km2 sqmi 0 abbr on ref The area figure is based on the combined areas of five countries in Central Asia. ref label2 Population data2 64,746,854 ref The population figure is the combined populations of 5 countries in Central Asia last updated Mar ... data5 166 Billion label6 nowrap GDP per capita 2009 data6 2,700 Central Asia is the core region of the Asia ... to as Middle Asia , and, colloquially, the stan stans as the five countries generally considered ... of Central Asia include these five republics of the former Soviet Union Kazakhstan pop. 16.6 ... borders, it does have some important overall characteristics. For one, Central Asia has historically ... index.php?q Central Asia Steppe Nomads and Central Asia ref As a result, it has acted as a crossroads for the movement of people, goods, and ideas between Europe , West Asia , South Asia , and East Asia ... and early Islamic times, Central Asia was a predominantly Iranian peoples Iranian ref name ReferenceA Encyclop dia Iranica, CENTRAL ASIA The Islamic period up to the Mongols , C. Edmund Bosworth ... in Central Asia under the Umayyads and the establishment of Islam , in History of Civilizations of Central Asia , Vol. IV The Age of Achievement AD 750 to the End of the Fifteenth Century, Part ... Asia in the early seventh century, was ethnically, still largely an Iranian land whose people used various Middle Iranian languages. . http books.google.com books?id lodSckjlNuMC&pg PA23&lpg PA23&dq The Appearance of the Arabs in Central Asia under the Umayyads and the establishment of Islam&source ... Eastern Iranian languages Eastern Iranic speaking Bactrians , Sogdians and Khwarezmian language ... role in the history of Central Asia. After expansion by Turkic peoples , Central Asia also ... more details
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