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English: Maps of 150 languages of Asia that you can derive from
Idea and statistics from Official and Regional Languages of Asia on a Map by Jiazira Data from before March 2021 (the data comes from the Wikipedia pages for each country). Numbers of language speakers (L1) should be taken with a grain of salt. Total number of languages in particular region (under the main titles) doesn't consider bilingualism or multilingualism (people who speaks more than one languages) Further derivatives idea of this map:
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| Author | Bennylin |
List of languages in this graphic:
| Name | # of speakers (L1) | (L2) | English Name | Language Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 中文（普通话） | 920000000 | 194 mil | Mandarin | Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic) |
| हिन्दी / اردو | 250000000 | 250 mil | Hindi / Urdu | Indo-Aryan (Central) † |
| বাংলা | 230000000 | Bengali | Indo Aryan (Eastern) † | |
| 日本語 | 128000000 | Japanese | Language isolate | |
| ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / پن٘جابی | 125000000 | Punjabi | Indo-Aryan (Northwestern) † | |
| اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ | 105000000 | ? | Arabic | (Afro-Asiatic) Semitic |
| मराठी | 83000000 | 12 mil | Marathi | Indo-Aryan (Southern) † |
| ꦧꦱꦗꦮ | 82000000 | Javanese | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| తెలుగు | 82000000 | Telugu | Dravidian | |
| 吳語 | 80000000 | Wu | Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic) | |
| 한국어 | 77000000 | Korean | Language isolate | |
| Bahasa Melayu | 77000000 | Malay | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Tiếng Việt | 76000000 | Vietnamese | Austroasiatic (Vietic) | |
| Türkçe | 75000000 | Turkish | Turkic (Oghuz) | |
| Bahasa Indonesia | 75000000 | 177 mil | Indonesian | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) |
| தமிழ் | 75000000 | Tamil | Dravidian | |
| 廣東話 | 73000000 | Cantonese | Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic) | |
| فارسی | 70000000 | 50 mil | Persian | Iranian † |
| ગુજરાતી | 56000000 | Gujarati | Indo-Aryan (Western) † | |
| 客家話 | 47000000 | Hakka | Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic) | |
| മലയാളം | 45000000 | Malayalam | Dravidian | |
| русский | 44000000 | 56 mil | Russian | Slavic † |
| ಕನ್ನಡ | 43000000 | Kannada | Dravidian | |
| پښتو | 40000000 | Pashto | Iranian † | |
| ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ | 40000000 | Sundanese | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| 湘語 | 38000000 | Xiang | Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic) | |
| ଓଡ଼ିଆ | 35000000 | Odia | Indo-Aryan (Eastern) † | |
| Oʻzbekcha | 34000000 | Uzbek | Turkic (Karluk) | |
| မြန်မာဘာသာ | 33000000 | Burmese | Sino-Tibetan (Lolo-Burmese) | |
| मैथिली | 33000000 | Maithili | Indo-Aryan (Bihari) † | |
| ພາສາລາວ | 30000000 | Lao | Kra-Dai (Tai) | |
| سنڌي | 25000000 | Sindhi | Indo-Aryan (Northwestern) † | |
| Azərbaycan dili | 23000000 | Azerbaijani | Turkic (Oghuz) | |
| Tagalog | 22000000 | 45 mil | Tagalog | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) |
| 贛語 | 22000000 | Gan | Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic) | |
| ภาษาไทย | 20000000 | 44 mil | Thai | Kra-Dai (Tai) |
| Zimanê kurdî | 20000000 | Kurdish | Iranian † | |
| Bisaya | 19000000 | Cebuano | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| සිංහල | 17000000 | 3.0 mil | Sinhala | Indo-Aryan (Southern) † |
| ភាសាខ្មែរ | 16000000 | Khmer | Austroasiatic (Khmeric) | |
| नेपाली | 16000000 | 6.0 mil | Nepali | Indo-Aryan (Northern) † |
| Vaƅcueŋƅ | 16000000 | Zhuang | Kra-Dai (Tai) | |
| অসমীয়া | 14000000 | Assamese | Indo Aryan (Bengali-Assamese) † | |
| қазақша | 13000000 | Kazakh | Turkic (Kipchak) | |
| 福建話 | 13000000 | Hokkien | Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic) | |
| ئۇيغۇر تىلى | 10000000 | Uyghur | Turkic (Karluk) | |
| Ilonggo | 9300000 | Hiligaynon | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Ilocano | 9100000 | 2.0 mil | Ilocano | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) |
| ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ | 7600000 | Santali | Austroasiatic (Munda) | |
| كٲشُر | 7000000 | Kashmiri | Indo-Aryan (Dardic) † | |
| հայերեն | 6700000 | Armenian | Indo-European isolate† | |
| türkmençe | 6700000 | Turkmen | Turkic (Oghuz) | |
| Bhâsa Madhurâ | 6700000 | Madurese | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ | 5200000 | Mongolian | Mongolic | |
| עִבְרִית | 5000000 | 4.0 mil | Hebrew | (Afro-Asiatic) Semitic |
| Кыргызча | 4300000 | Kyrgyz | Turkic (Kipchak) | |
| ქართული | 3700000 | Georgian | Kartvelian | |
| Basa Acèh | 3500000 | Acehnese | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Bahasa Banjar | 3500000 | Banjarese | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Basa Ugi | 3500000 | 500 k | Buginese | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) |
| ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ | 3300000 | Balinese | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| တႆး | 3300000 | Shan | Kra-Dai (Tai) | |
| بلۏچی | 3000000 | Balochi | Iranian † | |
| గోండీ | 2900000 | Gondi | Dravidian | |
| Sasak | 2700000 | Sasak | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Waray-Waray | 2600000 | Waray | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Bikol Naga | 2500000 | Central Bikol | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| कोंकणी | 2300000 | Konkani | Indo-Aryan (Marathi-Konkani) † | |
| कुड़ुख़ | 2200000 | Kurukh | Dravidian | |
| ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ | 2100000 | Makassarese | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| ꆈꌠꉙ | 2000000 | Yi (Nuosu) | Sino-Tibetan (Lolo-Burmese) | |
| Hata Batak Toba | 2000000 | Batak Toba | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Kapampangan | 2000000 | Kapampangan | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| थारु | 1900000 | Tharu | Indo-Aryan (Eastern) † | |
| ತುಳು | 1800000 | Tulu | Dravidian | |
| ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ | 1700000 | Meitei | Sino-Tibetan (Kuki-Chin-Naga) | |
| डोगरी | 1600000 | Dogri | Indo-Aryan (Dardic) † | |
| मुंडारी | 1600000 | Mundari | Austroasiatic (Munda) | |
| ကညီကျိ | 1500000 | Karen | Sino-Tibetan (Karenic) | |
| 𑢹𑣉𑣉 𑣎𑣋𑣜 | 1400000 | Ho | Austroasiatic (Munda) | |
| बर' / बड़ | 1400000 | Bodo | Sino-Tibetan (Sal) | |
| तामाङ | 1300000 | Tamang | Sino-Tibetan (Tamangic) | |
| དབུས་སྐད་ | 1200000 | Standard Tibetan | Sino-Tibetan (Tibetic) | |
| Pangasinense | 1200000 | Pangasinan | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Pakpak | 1200000 | Batak Dairi | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Sahap Simalungun | 1200000 | Batak Simalungun | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Maguindanao | 1100000 | Maguindanao | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Bahasa Sūg | 1100000 | Tausug | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Mandailing | 1100000 | Batak Mandailing | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Ka Ktien Khasi | 1000000 | Khasi | Austroasiatic (Khasic) | |
| Kókborok | 1000000 | Kokborok | Sino-Tibetan (Sal) | |
| Bahasa Hulontalo | 1000000 | Gorontalo | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Basa Taeʼ | 1000000 | Taeʼ | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Jinghpaw | 940000 | Jingpho | Sino-Tibetan (Sal) | |
| tombo Manggarai | 900000 | Manggarai | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Ngaju Dayak | 890000 | Ngaju | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| नेवाः भाय् | 860000 | Newari | Sino-Tibetan (Newaric) | |
| मगर | 840000 | Magar | Sino-Tibetan (Magaric) | |
| Mizo ṭawng | 830000 | Mizo | Sino-Tibetan (Kuki-Chin-Mizo) | |
| ဘာသာ မန် | 800000 | Mon | Austroasiatic (Monic) | |
| Uab Metô | 800000 | Uab Meto | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Mëranaw | 780000 | Maranao | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Li Niha | 770000 | Nias | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Angkola | 750000 | Batak Angkola | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Saʼdan | 750000 | Toraja-Saʼdan | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Ελληνικά | 700000 | Greek | Hellenic † | |
| Chabacano | 700000 | Chavacano | Spanish-based creole | |
| Cakap Karo | 600000 | Batak Karo | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| ирон ӕвзаг | 597000 | Ossetian | Iranian † | |
| ܣܘܪܝܬ | 587000 | Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | (Afro-Asiatic) Semitic | |
| Qaraqalpaq tili | 583000 | Karakalpak | Turkic (Kipchak) | |
| Karbi | 528000 | Karbi | Sino-Tibetan (Kuki-Chin-Naga) | |
| Nggahi Mbojo | 500000 | Bima | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Ybanag | 500000 | Ibanag | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Surigaonon | 500000 | Surigaonon | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| саха тыла | 480000 | Yakut | Turkic (Siberian) | |
| Cawa Komering | 470000 | Komering | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Akeanon | 460000 | Aklanon | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Kinaray-a | 433000 | Karay-a | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| زبان پشهای | 400000 | Pashayi | Indo-Aryan (Dardic) † | |
| Tetun Prasa | 390000 | 180 k | Tetum | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) |
| ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ | 380000 | Limbu | Sino-Tibetan (Kiranti) | |
| Baso Jang | 350000 | Rejang | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| ދިވެހި, | 340000 | Dhivehi | Indo-Aryan (Southern) † | |
| буряад хэлэн | 330000 | Buryat | Mongolic | |
| To'olaki | 330000 | Tolaki | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| गुरुंग | 325000 | Gurung | Sino-Tibetan (Tamangic) | |
| Basa Semawa | 300000 | Sumbawa | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Wamba Wuna | 300000 | Muna | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| тыва дыл | 280000 | Tuvan | Turkic (Siberian) | |
| Аԥсуа бызшәа | 190000 | Abkhaz | Northwest Caucasian | |
| རྫོང་ཁ་ | 171000 | Dzongkha | Sino-Tibetan (Tibetic) | |
| ཤར་པའི་སྐད་ཡིག | 170000 | Sherpa | Sino-Tibetan (Tibetic) | |
| Angami | 152000 | Angami | Sino-Tibetan (Angami–Pochuri) | |
| 琉球語派 | 150000 | Ryukyuan Languages | Japonic | |
| ಕೊಡವ | 113000 | Kodava | Dravidian | |
| ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་ | 110000 | Ladakhi | Sino-Tibetan (Tibetic) | |
| Yakan | 110000 | Yakan | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Basa Gayo | 100000 | Gayo | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| འབྲས་ལྗོངས་སྐད་ | 70000 | Sikkimese | Sino-Tibetan (Tibetic) | |
| Sambali | 70000 | Sambal | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| ᰛᰩᰵᰛᰧᰵᰶ | 66000 | Lepcha | Sino-Tibetan (Himalayish) | |
| алтай тил | 55000 | Altai | Turkic (Siberian) | |
| Formosan | 50000 | Formosan Languages | Austronesian (Formosan) | |
| Majhi | 44000 | 1.3 k | Majhi | Indo-Aryan (Eastern) † |
| Хакас тілі | 43000 | Khakas | Turkic (Siberian) | |
| सुनुवार | 38000 | Sunuwar | Sino-Tibetan (Kiranti) | |
| Ibatan | 33000 | Ivatan | Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) | |
| Nicobarese | 30000 | Nicobarese languages | Austroasiatic |
List of language families in this graphic (sorted by region then #speakers):
Language family - # of speakers - Region
- Sinic (Chinese languages) 119300000 E Asia
- Japonic (Japanese, Ryukyuan) 12800000 E Asia
- Koreanic (Korean) 7700000 E Asia
- Mongolic (Mongolian, Buryat, etc.) 5500000 E Asia
- Tibeto-Burman (Tibetic, Tamangic, Newaric, Magaric, Kiranti, Himalayish) 5484000 E Asia
- Siberian (various small families/isolates in Siberia) 858000 E Asia
- Indo-Aryan (Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, etc.) 897000000 S Asia
- Dravidian (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam) 252000000 S Asia
- Munda (central/eastern India) 10600000 S Asia
- Khasi (Meghalaya, India) 1000000 S Asia
- Angami-Pochuri (Nagaland, India) 152000 S Asia
- Malayo-Polynesian (Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Pacific) 312000000 SE Asia
- Vietic (Vietnam, Laos) 76000000 SE Asia
- Tai (Thailand, Laos, parts of Myanmar) 69000000 SE Asia
- Lolo-Burmese (Burma, Yunnan) 35000000 SE Asia
- Khmeric (Cambodia) 16000000 SE Asia
- Sal (Northeast India, Myanmar border) 3300000 SE Asia
- Kuki-Chin-Naga (Northeast India, Myanmar) 3000000 SE Asia
- Karenic (Myanmar, Thailand) 1500000 SE Asia
- Monic (Mon, historically in Myanmar/Thailand) 800000 SE Asia
- Formosan (Austronesian languages in Taiwan, multiple distinct branches) 50000 SE Asia
- Nicobarese (Nicobar Islands, Austroasiatic branch) 30000 SE Asia
- Iranian (Persian, Kurdish, Pashto) 133000000 W Asia
- Semitic (Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic) 110000000 W Asia
- Oghuz (Turkish, Azerbaijani) 105000000 W Asia
- Karluk (Uzbek, Uyghur) 44000000 W Asia
- Kipchak (Kazakh, Kyrgyz, etc.) 17000000 W Asia
- Kartvelian (Georgian and related languages, Caucasus) 3700000 W Asia
- Hellenic (Greek, historically tied to West Asia via Anatolia) 700000 W Asia
- Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz, Circassian, etc.) 190000 W Asia
- Slavic (Russian, spread into Central Asia) 44000000 Europe
- Indo-European isolate (e.g., Armenian, Albanian—unique Indo-European branches in West Asia) 6700000 Europe
- Colonial Languages (English, French, Portuguese, Dutch—spread across Asia) 2000000 Europe
- Spanish-based creole (Philippines, Guam—colonial heritage) 700000 Europe
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