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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

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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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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

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(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(national language of Tahiti) MALAYO-POLYNESIAN ethno-linguistic family ETHNO-LINGUISTIC families of ASIA Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European ethno-linguistic family
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Hawaiian
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
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Korean
(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
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Japanese
(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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