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Zoroastrianism

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the link religion between the East and the West

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Avestan*

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(liturgical language of Zoroastrianism)

Iranic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Farsi

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(national language of Iran)

Iranic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Kurdish

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(Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq and Turkey)

Iranic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Pashto

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(national language of Afghanistan)

Iranic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Tajik

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(national language of Tajikistan)

Iranic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Baluchi

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(main state language of Baluchistan Province of
Pakistan)

Iranic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Sanskrit*

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(liturgical language of Hinduism)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Prakrit*

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(liturgical language of Jainism)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Pali*

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(Language in which the Buddha preached and the
liturgical language of Theravāda Buddhism practiced in Sri
Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Hindi

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(national language of India)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Kashmiri

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(main state language of Kashmir State of India and
the Kashmir Province of Pakistan)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Pahari

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(main state language of the State of Himachal Pradesh
in India)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Nepali

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(national language of Nepal)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Punjabi

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(main state language of Punjab Province of Pakistan
and the Punjab State of India)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Sindhi

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(main state language of Sindh Province of Pakistan)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Gujarati

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Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Marathi

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(main state language of Maharashtra State of India)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Konkani

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(main state language of Goa State of India)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Bengali

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(main state language of West Bengal State of India
and the national language of Bangladesh)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Oriya

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(main state language of Odisha State of India)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Assamese

A

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Sinhala

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(national language of Sri Lanka)

Indic

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
Indo-Iranian

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Sinitic languages

A

(Mandarin, Cantonese etc.)

SINO-TIBETAN ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Tibetan

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(national language of Tibet region of China)

Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Newari

A

(spoken by most Nepalese people)

Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Sikkimese

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(main state language of Sikkim State of India)

Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Bhutanese

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(national language of Bhutan)

Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Ladakhi

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(spoken in the eastern region of Kashmir State of India)

Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Burmese

A

(national language of Myanmar)

Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Thai

A

(national language of Thailand)

THAI-KADAI ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Lao

A

(national language of Laos)

THAI-KADAI ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Khmer

A

(national language of Cambodia)

AUSTRO-ASIATIC ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Vietic

A

(national language of Vietnam)

AUSTRO-ASIATIC ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Bahasa-Malaysia

A

(national language of Malaysia)

MALAYO-POLYNESIAN ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Bahasa-Indonesia

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(national language of Indonesia)

MALAYO-POLYNESIAN ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Tagalog

A

(national language of the Philippines)

MALAYO-POLYNESIAN ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Tongan

A

(national language of Tonga)

MALAYO-POLYNESIAN ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Maori

A

(language of native New Zealanders)

MALAYO-POLYNESIAN ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Tahitian

A

(national language of Tahiti)

MALAYO-POLYNESIAN ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

41
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Hawaiian

A

(language of the native Hawaiian-Americans)

MALAYO-POLYNESIAN ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Malagasy

A

(national language of Madagascar)

MALAYO-POLYNESIAN ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Turkish

A

(national language of Turkey)

Western Altaic

URAL-ALTAIC ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Azeri

A

(national language of Azerbaijan)

Western Altaic

URAL-ALTAIC ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Turkmen

A

(national language of Turkmenistan)

Western Altaic

URAL-ALTAIC ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Uzbek

A

(national language of Uzbekistan)

Western Altaic

URAL-ALTAIC ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Kazakh

A

(national language of Kazakhstan)

Western Altaic

URAL-ALTAIC ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Kyrgyz

A

(national language of Kyrgyzstan)

Western Altaic

URAL-ALTAIC ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Uighur

A

(regional language of Xinjiang, Qinghai and Gansu Provinces of China)

Western Altaic

URAL-ALTAIC ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Mongolian

A

(national language of Mongolia)

Western Altaic

URAL-ALTAIC ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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Manchu

A

(regional language of Manchuria Province of China)

Eastern Altaic

URAL-ALTAIC ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

52
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Korean

A

(national language of the two Koreas)

Eastern Altaic

URAL-ALTAIC ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

53
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Japanese

A

(national language of Japan)

Eastern Altaic

URAL-ALTAIC ethno-linguistic family

ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA
Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family

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