Languages of South Asia

The languages of South Asia include a few major language families:

• Indo-Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-European language family, which can be further divided into three groups:
  • Indo-Aryan languages, the most widespread.^[1][2]
  • Iranic languages, in Pakistan and Afghanistan.^[1][2]
  • Nuristani languages, in a small area of Afghanistan and Pakistan.^[2]
• Dravidian languages, in South India and Sri Lanka.^[1][2]
• Tibeto-Burman languages, a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, along the northern and eastern edges.^[1][2]
• Austroasiatic languages, in small areas of India.^[1][2]
• There are also some people who speak Kra-Dai languages, and some language isolates such as Burushaski, which are not known to be related to any other languages.^[2]

South Asia includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, and sometimes Afghanistan.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} "Linguistic landscaping of South Asia using digital language resources: Genetic vs. areal linguistics" (PDF). 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} The languages and linguistics of South Asia : a comprehensive guide. Berlin. 2016. ISBN 978-3-11-042330-3. OCLC 951075713.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)