Languages of Asia

The most spoken language families on the continent include Austroasiatic, Austronesian, Japonic, Dravidian, Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Turkic, Sino-Tibetan, Kra–Dai and Koreanic.

The Kra–Dai languages (also known as Tai-Kadai) are found in southern China, Northeast India and Southeast Asia.

The Austronesian languages are widespread throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, including major languages such as Fijian (Fiji), Hiligaynon, Bikol, Ilocano, Cebuano, Tagalog (Philippines), and Malay (Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and Singapore).

The Dravidian languages of South India and parts of Sri Lanka include Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tulu, while smaller languages such as Gondi and Brahui are spoken in central India and Pakistan respectively.

The Afroasiatic languages (in older sources Hamito-Semitic) are represented in Asia by the Semitic branch.

From west to east, these include: The eponymous pidgin ("business") language developed with European trade in China.

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