WikiLang/Asia

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Map of Asia

Asia includes six main regions: Central Asia (blue on map), East Asia (yellow/orange), Middle East (brown), Russia and the Caucasus (purple), South Asia (green) and Southeast Asia (red). The main majority languages of this continent

Central Asia[edit | edit source]

East Asia[edit | edit source]

South Korea[edit | edit source]

Middle East[edit | edit source]

Russia and Caucasus[edit | edit source]

South Asia[edit | edit source]

Southeast Asia[edit | edit source]

Indonesia[edit | edit source]

  • There are 10 countries in SE Asia, with Indonesia as the most linguistically-diverse country (see Language in Southeast Asia). There are more than 700 languages in this region alone, and many of them does not have their languages documented.

Philippines[edit | edit source]

  • There are some 130 to 195 languages spoken in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification. Almost all are Malayo-Polynesian languages native to the archipelago (see Languages of the Philippines). A number of Spanish-influenced creole varieties generally called Chavacano along with some local varieties of Chinese are also spoken in certain communities. The 1987 constitution designates Filipino, a standardized version of Tagalog, as the national language and an official language along with English. Filipino is regulated by Commission on the Filipino Language and serves as a lingua franca used by Filipinos of various ethnolinguistic backgrounds.

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