Asian Languages

Ancient and modern languages in Asia.

Some are pidgins or creoles derived from languages originating elsewhere.

NOTE: We have endeavored to place languages in their correct geographic location. Some languages cross geographic boundaries. Please report any errors! Thank you.

Keywords for these Languages

Datasets for the Keywords

Abkhaz (keyword: abkhaz)↑

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Altai (keyword: altai)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: northern altai, southern altai

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Amis (keyword: amis)↑

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Angika (keyword: angika)↑

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Armenian (keyword: armenian)↑

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Assamese (keyword: assamese)↑

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Avaric (keyword: avaric)↑

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Awadhi (keyword: awadhi)↑

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Azerbaijani (keyword: azerbaijani)↑

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Balinese (keyword: balinese)↑

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Balochi (keyword: balochi)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: baluchi, eastern balochi, northern balochi, southern balochi, western balochi

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Bashkir (keyword: bashkir)↑

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Bengali (keyword: bengali)↑

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Bishnupriya (keyword: bishnupriya)↑

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Bodo (india) (keyword: bodo (india))↑

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Bolinao (keyword: bolinao)↑

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Burmese (keyword: burmese)↑

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Carpathian romani (keyword: carpathian romani)↑

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Cebuano (keyword: cebuano)↑

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Central kurdish (keyword: central kurdish)↑

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Chechen (keyword: chechen)↑

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Chhattisgarhi (keyword: chhattisgarhi)↑

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Chinese (keyword: chinese)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: achinese, literary chinese, mandarin chinese, min nan chinese, wu chinese, yue chinese, zhuang

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Chuvash (keyword: chuvash)↑

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Crimean tatar (keyword: crimean tatar)↑

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Dari (keyword: dari)↑

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Dhivehi (keyword: dhivehi)↑

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Dimli (individual language) (keyword: dimli (individual language))↑

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Divehi (keyword: divehi)↑

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Dogri (macrolanguage) (keyword: dogri (macrolanguage))↑

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Dzongkha (keyword: dzongkha)↑

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Eastern tamang (keyword: eastern tamang)↑

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Erzya (keyword: erzya)↑

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Farsi (keyword: farsi)↑

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Filipino (keyword: filipino)↑

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Gilaki (keyword: gilaki)↑

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Goan konkani (keyword: goan konkani)↑

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Gujarati (keyword: gujarati)↑

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Hakha chin (keyword: hakha chin)↑

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Hakka chinese (keyword: hakka chinese)↑

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Halh mongolian (keyword: halh mongolian)↑

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Hindi (keyword: hindi)↑

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Hinglish (keyword: hinglish)↑

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Iloko (keyword: iloko)↑

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Ingush (keyword: ingush)↑

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Iranian persian (keyword: iranian persian)↑

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Japanese (keyword: japanese)↑

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Kalmyk (keyword: kalmyk)↑

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Kankanaey (keyword: kankanaey)↑

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Kannada (keyword: kannada)↑

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Karachay Balkar (keyword: karachay-balkar)↑

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Karelian (keyword: karelian)↑

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Kashmiri (keyword: kashmiri)↑

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Kazakh (keyword: kazakh)↑

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Khmer (keyword: khmer)↑

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Kirghiz (keyword: kirghiz)↑

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Kirmanjki (individual language) (keyword: kirmanjki (individual language))↑

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Komi (keyword: komi)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: komi-permyak, komi-zyrian

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Korean (keyword: korean)↑

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Kurdish (keyword: kurdish)↑

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Kyrgyz (keyword: kyrgyz)↑

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Lak (keyword: lak)↑

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Lao (keyword: lao)↑

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Lezghian (keyword: lezghian)↑

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Limbu (keyword: limbu)↑

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Lushai (keyword: lushai)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: mizo

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Magahi (keyword: magahi)↑

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Maithili (keyword: maithili)↑

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Malay (keyword: malay)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: kupang malay, malay (individual language), malay (macrolanguage), standard malay

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Malayalam (keyword: malayalam)↑

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Manipuri (keyword: manipuri)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: meitei

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Mansi (keyword: mansi)↑

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Marathi (keyword: marathi)↑

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Mari (russia) (keyword: mari (russia))↑

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Mazanderani (keyword: mazanderani)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: mazandarani

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Mingrelian (keyword: mingrelian)↑

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Mongolian (keyword: mongolian)↑

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Nepali (keyword: nepali)↑

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Nepali (individual language) (keyword: nepali (individual language))↑

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Newari (keyword: newari)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: newari

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North azerbaijani (keyword: north azerbaijani)↑

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Northern kurdish (keyword: northern kurdish)↑

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Northern uzbek (keyword: northern uzbek)↑

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Odia (keyword: odia)↑

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Oriya (keyword: oriya)↑

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Oriya (macrolanguage) (keyword: oriya (macrolanguage))↑

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Ossetian (keyword: ossetian)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: ossetic

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Pampanga (keyword: pampanga)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: kapampangan, pampangan

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Pangasinan (keyword: pangasinan)↑

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Panjabi (keyword: panjabi)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: punjabi

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Pashto (keyword: pashto)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: pushto, southern pashto

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Persian (keyword: persian)↑

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Russia buriat (keyword: russia buriat)↑

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Sanskrit (keyword: sanskrit)↑

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Santali (keyword: santali)↑

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Saraiki (keyword: saraiki)↑

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Sediq (keyword: sediq)↑

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Shan (keyword: shan)↑

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Sindhi (keyword: sindhi)↑

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Sinhala (keyword: sinhala)↑

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South azerbaijani (keyword: south azerbaijani)↑

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Tagalog (keyword: tagalog)↑

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Tajik (keyword: tajik)↑

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Tamil (keyword: tamil)↑

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Tatar (keyword: tatar)↑

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Telugu (keyword: telugu)↑

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Thai (keyword: thai)↑

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Tibetan (keyword: tibetan)↑

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Turkish (keyword: turkish)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: ottoman turkish (1500-1928), zaza

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Turkmen (keyword: turkmen)↑

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Tuvan (keyword: tuvan)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: tuvinian

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Udmurt (keyword: udmurt)↑

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Uyghur (keyword: uyghur)↑

This set includes the following additional keywords: uighur

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Uzbek (keyword: uzbek)↑

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Vietnamese (keyword: vietnamese)↑

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Waray (philippines) (keyword: waray (philippines))↑

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Western bukidnon manobo (keyword: western bukidnon manobo)↑

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Yakut (keyword: yakut)↑

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