{{Short description|none}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2016}} thumb|400px|The Language families of Asia Asia is home to hundreds of languages comprising several families and some unrelated isolates. The most spoken language families on the continent include Austroasiatic, Austronesian, Japonic, Dravidian, Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Turkic, Sino-Tibetan, Kra–Dai and Koreanic. Many '''languages of Asia''', such as Chinese, Persian, Sanskrit, Arabic or Tamil have a long history as a written language.
==Language groups== [[File:Ethnolinguisticswasiacia.jpg|thumb|300px|Ethnolinguistic distribution in Central/Southwest Asia of the Altaic, Caucasian, Afroasiatic (Hamito-Semitic) and Indo-European families.]] thumb|150 languages of Asia, by subcontinents
The major families in terms of numbers are Indo-European, specifically Indo-Aryan languages and Dravidian languages in South Asia, Iranian languages in parts of West, Central, and South Asia, and Sino-Tibetan in East Asia. Several other families are regionally dominant.
===Sino-Tibetan=== {{main|Sino-Tibetan languages}}
Sino-Tibetan includes Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, Karen, Boro and numerous languages of the Tibetan Plateau, Southern China, Myanmar, and North East India.
===Indo-European=== {{Main|Indo-European languages}} The Indo-European languages are primarily represented in Asia by the Indo-Iranian branch, with its two main subgroups: Indo-Aryan and Iranian.
==== Indo-Aryan ==== Indo-Aryan languages are mainly spoken in the Indian subcontinent, across different modern-day South Asian countries. Examples include languages such as Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu), Bengali, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Marathi, Rajasthani, Gujarati, Sylheti, Noakhali etc.<!--this is deliberately a very short list: includes only languages with > 50 million speakers-->
==== Iranic ==== Iranic languages are mainly spoken in and around the Iranian Plateau, spread across the modern-day countries of Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Pakistan and neighboring regions. Examples include languages like Persian, Kurdish, Pashto and Balochi.
==== Others ==== Other branches of Indo-European spoken in Asia include the Slavic branch (due to Asia's proximity to Eastern Europe), which includes Russian in Siberia (since it falls under the Russian Federation); Greek around the Black Sea; and Armenian in Armenia; as well as extinct languages such as Hittite of Anatolia and Tocharian of (Chinese) Turkestan.
===Altaic families=== {{main|Altaic languages}}
A number of smaller, but important and separately distinguished language families spread across central and northern Asia have long been linked in a hypothetical, controversial and unproven Altaic family. These are the Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic (including Manchu), Koreanic, and Japonic languages. But since the mid-20th century a majority of scholars have come to regard it as a Sprachbund.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Starostin |first=George |author-link=Georgiy Starostin |encyclopedia=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics |title=Altaic Languages |url=https://oxfordre.com/linguistics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.001.0001/acrefore-9780199384655-e-35 |access-date=2023-07-11 |language=en |date=2016-04-05 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-938465-5 |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.35|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=De la Fuente |first=José Andrés Alonso |year=2016 |title=Review of Robbeets, Martine (2015): Diachrony of verb morphology. Japanese and the Transeurasian languages |url=https://www.academia.edu/30240029 |journal=Diachronica |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=530–537 |doi=10.1075/dia.33.4.04alo |quote=For now, shared material between Transeurasian [i.e. Altaic] languages is undoubtedly better explained as the result of language contact. But if researchers provide cogent evidence of genealogical relatedness, that will be the time to re-evaluate old positions. That time, however, has not yet come.}}</ref>
===Austroasiatic=== {{main|Austroasiatic languages}}
The Mon–Khmer languages (also known as Austroasiatic) are the language family in South and Southeast Asia. Languages given official status are Vietnamese and Khmer (Cambodian).
===Kra–Dai=== {{main|Kra–Dai languages}}
The Kra–Dai languages (also known as Tai-Kadai) are found in southern China, Northeast India and Southeast Asia. Languages given official status are Thai (Siamese) and Lao.
===Austronesian=== {{main|Austronesian languages}}
The Austronesian languages are widespread throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, including major languages such as Indonesian (Indonesia and Timor-Leste), Fijian (Fiji), Hiligaynon, Bikol, Ilocano, Cebuano, Tagalog (Philippines), and Malay (Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore). Other significant Austronesian languages in Indonesia include Javanese, Sundanese, and Madurese. Meanwhile, Indonesian is the most widely spoken language in the Austronesian family.
===Dravidian=== {{main|Dravidian languages}}
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.
===Afro-Asiatic=== {{main|Semitic languages}}
The Afroasiatic languages (in older sources Hamito-Semitic) are represented in Asia by the Semitic branch. Semitic languages are spoken in Western Asia, and include the various dialects of Arabic and Aramaic, Modern Hebrew, and Modern South Arabian languages in addition to extinct languages such as Akkadian and Ancient South Arabian.
===Siberian families=== {{main|Paleosiberian languages}}
Besides the Altaic families already mentioned (of which Tungusic is today a minor family of Siberia), there are a number of small language families and isolates spoken across northern Asia. These include the Uralic languages of western Siberia (better known for Hungarian and Finnish in Europe), the Yeniseian languages (linked to Turkic and to the Athabaskan languages of North America), Yukaghir, Nivkh of Sakhalin, Ainu of northern Japan, Chukotko-Kamchatkan in easternmost Siberia, and—just barely—Eskimo–Aleut. Some linguists have noted that the Koreanic languages share more similarities with the Paleosiberian languages than with the Altaic languages. The extinct Rouran language of Mongolia is unclassified, and does not show genetic relationships with any other known language family.
===Caucasian families=== {{main|Languages of the Caucasus}}
Three small families are spoken in the Caucasus: Kartvelian languages, such as Georgian; Northeast Caucasian (Dagestanian languages), such as Chechen; and Northwest Caucasian, such as Circassian. The latter two may be related to each other. The extinct Hurro-Urartian languages may be related as well.
===Small families of Asia=== Although dominated by major languages and families, there are number of minor families and isolates in South Asia and Southeast Asia. From west to east, these include:
*Hattic, an unclassified language in Anatolia. *extinct languages of the Fertile Crescent such as Sumerian and Elamite. *extinct languages of South Asia; mainly the unclassified Harappan language *small language families and isolates of the Indian subcontinent: Burushaski, Kusunda, and Nihali. The Vedda language of Sri Lanka is likely an isolate that has mixed with Sinhala. *the two Andamanese language families: Great Andamanese and Ongan; Sentinelese remains undocumented to date, and hence unclassified. *unclassified languages in Southeast Asia: Kenaboi. *the difficult to classify Arunachal languages: Digaro, Hrusish (including the Miji languages<ref name="Blench2015">Blench, Roger. 2015. [https://www.academia.edu/12657496/The_Mijiic_languages_distribution_dialects_wordlist_and_classification ''The Mijiic languages: distribution, dialects, wordlist and classification'']. m.s.</ref>), Midzu, Puroik, Siangic, and Kho-Bwa. *Hmong–Mien (Miao–Yao) scattered across southern China and Southeast Asia *a few "Papuan" (Non-Austronesian) families of the central and eastern Malay Archipelago: such as the Timor-Alor-Pantar and North Halmahera languages, and the little known extinct Tambora language of Sumbawa. Numerous additional families are spoken in Indonesian New Guinea, which is generally considered to part of Oceania.
===Creoles and pidgins=== {{main|Creole languages|Pidgin language}}
The eponymous pidgin ("business") language developed with European trade in China. Of the many creoles to have developed, the most spoken today are Chavacano, a Spanish-based creole of the Philippines, and various Malay-based creoles such as Manado Malay influenced by Portuguese. A very well-known Portuguese-based creole is the Kristang, which is spoken in Malacca, a city-state in Malaysia.
===Sign languages=== {{main|Sign language|List of sign languages#Asia/Pacific}}
A number of sign languages are spoken throughout Asia. These include the Japanese Sign Language family, Chinese Sign Language, Indo-Pakistani Sign Language, Filipino Sign Language as well as a number of small indigenous sign languages of countries such as Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Many official sign languages are part of the French Sign Language family.
==Official languages== {{main|List of official languages by state}} Asia and Europe are the only two continents where most countries use native languages as their official languages, though English is also widespread as an international language.
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Language !Native name !data-sort-type="number"|Total Speakers !Language family !Official status in a country !Official status in a region |- | Altai || Алтай тил || 57,000 || Turkic || || Russia *Altai Republic |- | Arabic || {{lang|ar|العَرَبِيَّة}} || 313,000,000 || Afro-Asiatic || Bahrain<br>Iraq<br>Jordan<br>Kuwait<br>Lebanon<br>Oman<br>Palestine<br>Qatar<br>Saudi Arabia<br>Syria<br>UAE<br>Yemen ||Israel (special status) |- | Armenian || {{lang|hy|հայերեն}} || 5,902,970 || Indo-European || Armenia|| |- | Assamese || {{lang|as|অসমীয়া}}|| 15,000,000 || Indo-European || India (Scheduled) ||India *Assam |- | Azerbaijani || Azərbaycanca آذربایجان دیلی <br> تۆرکجه || 28,000,000 || Turkic ||Azerbaijan || Iran * South Azerbaijan
* Dagestan ''(mostly in Derbent)'' |- |Balochi |بلۏچی Balòči |7,600,000 |Indo-European | |Pakistan * Balochistan Iran * Sistan and Baluchestan ''(Recognised)'' |- |Balti |بلتی སྦལ་ཏི། |392,800 |Sino-Tibetan | |Pakistan
* Gilgit Baltistan |- | Bengali || {{lang|bn|বাংলা}} || 230,000,000 || Indo-European || Bangladesh, India (Scheduled) || |India *Barak Valley, Assam (''Additional'') *Jharkhand (''Recognised'') *Tripura *West Bengal |- | Bhojpuri ||भोजपुरी || 50,579,447 || Indo-European || Nepal|| Nepal * Province 2, Parsa, Bara India * Jharkhand (Additional)
|- | Bikol || Bikol<br>Bikol Naga || 4,300,000 || Austronesian || || |Philippines *Bicol Region |- | Bodo || बर'/बड़<br>Boro || 1,984,569 || Sino-Tibetan || India (Scheduled) || |Nepal India *Bodoland, Assam *West Bengal |- | Burmese || {{lang|my|မြန်မာဘာသာ}} || 33,000,000|| Sino-Tibetan || Myanmar || |- | Cantonese (Yue) Language || {{zh|廣東話/广东话|labels=no}} || 110,000,000|| Sino-Tibetan ||Hong Kong Macau || |- | Buryat || Буряад хэлэн<br>{{MongolUnicode|ᠪᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠳ<br>ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ<br>ᠬᠡᠯᠡᠨ}} || 440,000 || Mongolic || || Russia *Buryatia |- | Cebuano || Bisaya<br>Binisaya<br>Sinugbuanong_Binisaya<br>Sebwano/Sinebwano || 27,500,000|| Austronesian || || Philippines *Central Visayas *Eastern Visayas *Northern Mindanao *Davao Region |- | Chhattisgarhi ||छत्तीसगढ़ी || 17,983,446 || Indo-European || || India *Chhattisgarh (''Additional'') |- | Chin || Kukish || 3,000,000|| Sino-Tibetan || || Myanmar *Chin State |- | Chinese Mandarin || {{zh|普通話/普通话<br>國語/国语<br>華語/华语|labels=no}} || 1,300,000,000 || Sino-Tibetan ||China<br>Singapore<br>Taiwan||Myanmar * Kokang * Wa State |- | Dhivehi || {{lang|dv|ދިވެހިބަސް}} || 400,000 || Indo-European || Maldives || |- | Dogri || डोगरी || 2,600,000 || Indo-European || India (Scheduled) || India *Jammu and Kashmir
|- | Dzongkha || {{lang|dz|རྫོང་ཁ་}} || 600,000 || Sino-Tibetan || Bhutan || |- | Filipino (Tagalog) || Wikang Filipino || 106,000,000 || Austronesian || Philippines || |- | Formosan || || 171,855 || Austronesian || || | Republic of China *Taiwan |- | Georgian || {{lang|ka|ქართული}} || 4,200,000 || Kartvelian || Georgia || |- | Gujarati || ગુજરાતી || 50,000,000 || Indo-European || India (Scheduled) || |India *Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu *Gujarat |- | Hakka|| 客家話/客家话<br>Hak-kâ-fa || 2,370,000 || Sino-Tibetan || || | Republic of China *Taiwan |- | Hebrew || {{lang|he|עברית}} || 7,000,000 || Afro-Asiatic || Israel || |- | Hindi || हिन्दी || 615,000,000 || Indo-European ||India (Scheduled) || India * Andaman and Nicobar Islands * Bihar * Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu * Chhattisgarh * Delhi * Gujarat * Haryana * Himachal Pradesh * Jammu and Kashmir * Jharkhand * Ladakh * Madhya Pradesh * Rajasthan * Uttar Pradesh * Uttarakhand * West Bengal (Additional)
|- | Hiligaynon || Hiligaynon<br>Ilonggo<br>Hiniligaynon/Inilonggo || 9,100,000 || Austronesian || || |Philippines *Western Visayas |- | Hokchiu|| {{zh|馬祖話<br>Mā-cū-huâ|labels=no}} || 12,000 || Sino-Tibetan || || | Republic of China *Matsu, Fukien (''de facto'') |- | Hokkien|| {{zh|臺灣話<br>Tâi-oân-oē|labels=no}} || 18,570,000 || Sino-Tibetan || || | Republic of China *Taiwan (''de facto'') |- | Ibanag || Ibanag || 500,000 || Austronesian || || Philippines *Cagayan Valley |- | Ilocano || Pagsasao nga Ilokano || 11,000,000 || Austronesian || || Philippines *Northern Luzon *Central Luzon |- | Indonesian || Bahasa Indonesia || 270,000,000 || Austronesian || Indonesia <br> Timor-Leste (''Working languages'') || |- | Japanese || {{lang|ja|日本語}} || 120,000,000 || Japonic || Japan (''de facto'') || |- | Javanese || {{lang|jv|Basa Jawa<br />{{Script|Java|ꦧꦱꦗꦮ}}<br />{{Script|Arab|بَاسَا جَاوَا}}}} || 80,000,000 || Austronesian || || Indonesia *Special Region of Yogyakarta *Central Java *East Java Suriname, Sri Lanka, New Caledonia *Javanese is also spoken by traditional immigrant communities of Javanese descent |- | Kachin || Jinghpaw || 940,000|| Sino-Tibetan || || Myanmar *Kachin State |- | Kannada || ಕನ್ನಡ || 51,000,000|| Dravidian ||India (Scheduled) || India *Karnataka |- | Kapampangan || Kapampangan/Pampangan || 2,800,000|| Austronesian || || Philippines *Central Luzon |- | Karen || ကညီကျိာ်း || 6,000,000|| Sino-Tibetan || || Myanmar *Kayin State |- |Kashmiri |कॉशुर كٲشُر |7,000,000 |Indo-European | India (Scheduled) |India *Jammu and Kashmir |- | Kayah || Karenni || 190,000|| Sino-Tibetan || || Myanmar *Kayah State |- | Karakalpak || Qaraqalpaqsha || 870,000 || Turkic || || Uzbekistan *Karakalpakstan |- | Kazakh || Qazaqsha<br>Қазақша<br>قازاقشا|| 18,000,000 || Turkic || Kazakhstan || China *Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Russia *Altai Republic |- | Khakas || Хакас тілі<br>Тадар тілі || 43,000 || Turkic || || Russia *Khakassia |- | Khmer || {{lang|km|ភាសាខ្មែរ}} || 16,000,000 || Austroasiatic || Cambodia || |- | Konkani || {{lang|kok|कोंकणी<br>ಕೊಂಕಣಿ}} || 2,300,000 || Indo-European || India (Scheduled) || India *Goa *Maharashtra (''Recognized'') *Karnataka (''Recognized'') *Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (''Recognized'') |- | Korean || {{lang|ko-KP|조선어}}<br>{{lang|ko-KR|한국어}} || 80,000,000 || Koreanic || North Korea<br>South Korea || China *Changbai Korean Autonomous County *Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture |- | Kurdish || Kurdî<br>{{lang|ckb|کوردی}} || 32,000,000 || Indo-European || ||Middle East *Great Kurdistan |- | Kyrgyz || Кыргызча<br>{{lang|ar|قىرعىزچا}} || 7,300,000 || Turkic || Kyrgyzstan || China *Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture |- | Lao|| {{lang|lo|ພາສາລາວ}} || 7,000,000 || Kra-Dai || Laos || |- | Magahi ||मगही/मगधी || 12,706,825 || Indo-European || || India *Jharkhand (''Additional'') |- | Maguindanao || بس ماگینداناو Maguindanaon | 1,500,000 || Austronesian || || |Philippines *Bangsamoro *Soccsksargen *Zamboanga Peninsula |- | Malay || Bahasa Melayu<br>{{lang|ar|بهاس ملايو}} || 30,000,000 || Austronesian || Brunei<br>Malaysia<br>Singapore || Indonesia *Malay language in Indonesia is considered a regional language (''bahasa daerah''), on part with regional languages spoken in the regions of Sumatra and Kalimantan |- | Malayalam || മലയാളം || 37,000,000 ||Dravidian || India (Scheduled) || India *Kerala *Lakshadweep *Mahé, Puducherry |- | Marathi || मराठी || 99,000,000 || Indo-European || India (Scheduled) || India *Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu *Goa *Maharashtra |- | Maithili ||मैथिली || 34,000,000 || Indo-European || India (Scheduled) || Nepal *Madhesh Province *Province No. 1 India *Bihar *Jharkhand |- | Meitei || ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ<br>মৈতৈ<br>Manipuri || 2,000,000 || Sino-Tibetan || || |India *Manipur |- | Mizo || Mizo || 1,000,000 || Sino-Tibetan || India (Scheduled) || |India *Mizoram |- | Mon || {{lang|my|ဘာသာ မန်}} || 851,000 || Austroasiatic || || Myanmar *Mon State |- | Mongolian || Монгол хэл<br>{{MongolUnicode|ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ<br>ᠬᠡᠯᠡ}} || 5,200,000 || Mongolic || Mongolia || China *Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region |- | Nagpuri ||नागपुरी/सादरी || 5,108,691 || Indo-European || || India *Jharkhand (''Additional'') |- | Nepali || नेपाली || 29,000,000 || Indo-European || Nepal, India (Scheduled) || India *Darjeeling, West Bengal (''Additional'') *Sikkim |- | Odia || ଓଡ଼ିଆ || 35,000,000 || Indo-European || India (Scheduled) || India *Odisha *Jharkhand (''Recognised'') |- | Okinawan || 沖縄口 / うちなーぐち || 1,143,000 || Japonic || || Japan *Okinawa Prefecture |- | Ossetian || Ирон || 540,000<br>''<small>(50,000 in South Ossetia)</small>'' || Indo-European || ||North Ossetia–Alania ''South Ossetia'' |- | Pangasinan || Pangasinan || 1,400,000 || Austronesian || || |Philippines *Ilocos Region *Central Luzon |- | Pashto || {{lang|ps|پښتو}} || 40,000,000 || Indo-European || Afghanistan || Pakistan *Balochistan (''Recognised'') *Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (''Recognised'') |- | Persian || {{lang|fa|فارسی}}|| 130,000,000 || Indo-European || Iran Afghanistan
Tajikistan |- | Punjabi || ਪੰਜਾਬੀ<br>{{nq|پن٘جابی}} || 113,000,000 || Indo-European || India (Scheduled)|| India *Delhi (''Additional'') *Haryana (''Additional'') *Punjab *West Bengal (''Additional'') Pakistan *Punjab |- | Rakhine || {{lang|my|ရခိုင်ဘာသာ}} || 1,000,000|| Sino-Tibetan || || Myanmar *Rakhine State |- | Rohingya || {{lang|rhg|Ruáingga}} ||1,800,000||Indo-European|| || *U.N. refugee camps *Myanmar *Rakhine State |- | Russian || Русский|| 260,000,000 || Indo-European || Kazakhstan (''co-official'')<br>Kyrgyzstan (''co-official'')Russia | |- | Sanskrit || संस्कृतम् || 3,210,000 <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20250212162525/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10262 Census 2011, Table C-17: Population by bilingualism and trilingualism, India]</ref> || Indo-European || India (Scheduled) || India *Uttarakhand (''Additional'') *Himachal Pradesh (''Additional'') |- | Santali || ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ || 7,600,000 || Austroasiatic || India (Scheduled) || India *West Bengal (''Additional'') *Jharkhand (''Additional'') |- | Shan || {{lang|shn|ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆ}} || 3,295,000 || Kra-Dai || || Myanmar *Shan State |- | Sindhi || {{lang|ar|سنڌي}} || 40,000,000 || Indo-European || India (Scheduled) || Pakistan *Sindh |- | Sinhala || {{lang|si|සිංහල}} || 18,000,000 || Indo-European || Sri Lanka || |- | Tamil || {{lang|ta|தமிழ்}} || 88,000,000|| Dravidian || India (Scheduled), Singapore, Sri Lanka || India *Puducherry *Tamil Nadu |- | Tausug || بَهَسَ سُوگ Bahasa Suluk | 1,200,000 || Austronesian || || |Philippines *Bangsamoro *Mimaropa *Zamboanga Peninsula Malaysia *Sabah |- | Telugu || తెలుగు || 86,000,000|| Dravidian || India (Scheduled) || India *Andhra Pradesh *Telangana *Yanam, Puducherry |- | Tetum ||Lia-Tetun || 500,000 || Austronesian || Timor-Leste || |Indonesia *East Nusa Tenggara |- | Thai || {{lang|th|ภาษาไทย}} || 60,000,000 || Kra–Dai || Thailand || |- | Tibetan || {{lang|bo|བོད་སྐད་}} || 1,172,940|| Sino-Tibetan || || China *Tibet Autonomous Region |- | Tripuri || Tripuri || 3,500,000 || Sino-Tibetan || ||India *Tripura |- | Tulu || {{lang|tcy-Knda|ತುಳು}} || 1,722,768 || Dravidian || || India *Karnataka (''Recognised'') *Kerala (''Recognised'') |- | Turkish || Türkçe || 88,000,000 || Turkic || Turkey<br>Cyprus || Iraq *Turkmeneli |- | Turkmen || Türkmençe || 7,000,000 || Turkic || Turkmenistan || |- | Tuvan || Тыва дыл || 240,000 || Turkic || || Russia *Tuva |- | Urdu || {{nq|اُردُو}} || 255,000,000 || Indo-European || Pakistan, India (Scheduled) || India *Bihar (''Recognised in 15 districts'') *Jammu and Kashmir *Jharkhand (''Recognised'') *National Capital Territory of Delhi (''Additional'') *Telangana (''Additional'') *Andhra Pradesh (''Additional'') *Uttar Pradesh (''Additional'') *West Bengal (''Additional'') |- | Uyghur || {{Lang|ar|ئۇيغۇرچە}} || 10,416,910 || Turkic || || China *Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region |- | Uzbek || Oʻzbekcha<br>Ўзбекча || 45,000,000 || Turkic || Uzbekistan || |- | Vietnamese || 㗂越 Tiếng Việt | 86,500,000 || Austroasiatic || Vietnam (''de facto'') || |- | Waray || Winaray/Waray || 4,000,000 || Austronesian || || Philippines *Eastern Visayas |- | Yakut || Саха тыла || 450,000 || Turkic || || Russia *Yakutia |- | Zhuang || Vahcuengh || 16,000,000 || Kra-Dai || || China *Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region *Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan |- |}
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