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There is a wide variety of languages spoken throughout Asia, comprising a number of families and some unrelated isolates. Many languages have a long tradition of writing.

1 Central and Northeast Asia
2 East Asian and Southeast Asian languages
3 South Asia
4 Southwest Asia
5 Others
6 See also

Central and Northeast Asia

East Asian and Southeast Asian languages

South Asia

Southwest Asia

Afroasiatic
- Semitic
  - Arabic
  - Aramaic
  - Hebrew
Indo-European
- Indo-Iranian
  - Persian

Others

Andamanese languages (suggested as part of an Indo-Pacific languages group)
Kusunda language
Burushaski language

Languages of Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan · Armenia¹ · Azerbaijan¹ · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Burma² · Cambodia · People's Republic of China · Cyprus¹ · East Timor³ · Egypt⁴ · Georgia⁴ · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan⁴ · North Korea · South Korea · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Philippines · Qatar · Russia⁴ · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Republic of China⁵ · Thailand · Turkey⁴ · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen

Dependencies, autonomies, other territories	Aceh · Adjara¹ · Abkhazia¹ · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Altai · British Indian Ocean Territory · Buryatia · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Guangxi · Hong Kong · Inner Mongolia · Iraqi Kurdistan · Jakarta · Khakassia · Macau · Nagorno-Karabakh · Nakhchivan · Ningxia · Northern Cyprus · Palestine · Papua · Sakha · South Ossetia¹ · Tibet · Tuva · West Papua · Xinjiang · Yogyakarta

Italics indicates an unrecognised or partially recognised country. ¹ Sometimes included in Europe, depending on the border definitions. ² Officially known as Myanmar. ³ Sometimes included in Oceania, and also known as Timor-Leste. ⁴ Transcontinental country. ⁵ Commonly known as Taiwan.

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Endonyms	Countries and capitals in native languages · Countries by native names

Exonyms	Country names in various languages (A-C · D-I · J-P · Q-Z) · Languages of the European Union

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by number of native speakers

Languages by family

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