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Do not fill this in! {{Navbox |name = Languages of South Asia |state = {{{state|autocollapse}}} |title = Major [[languages of South Asia]] |listclass = hlist |group1 = Languages of |list1 = * [[Languages of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] * [[Languages of Bangladesh|Bangladesh]] * [[Languages of Bhutan|Bhutan]] * [[Languages of India|India]] ** [[List of languages by number of native speakers in India|list by number of speakers]] ** [[Languages with official status in India|scheduled]] ** [[Classical Languages of India|classical]] * [[Maldives#Languages|Maldives]] * [[Languages of Nepal|Nepal]] * [[Languages of Pakistan|Pakistan]] * [[Languages of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] |group3 = Contemporary<br/>languages |list3 = {{Navbox|subgroup |groupwidth = 6em| groupstyle = font-weight:normal; |group1=[[Great Andamanese languages|Great Andamanese]] |list1= *[[Aka-Jeru language|Aka-Jeru]] *[[Aka-Bo language|Aka-Bo]] |group2=[[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] |list2= * [[Brahui language|Brahui]] * [[Kannada]] * [[Malayalam]] * [[Tamil language|Tamil]] * [[Telugu language|Telugu]] * [[Tulu language|Tulu]] |group3=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]] |list3= * [[South Asian English|English]] ** [[Bangladeshi English|Bangladeshi]] ** [[Indian English|Indian]] ** [[Nepalese English|Nepalese]] ** [[Pakistani English|Pakistani]] ** [[Sri Lankan English|Sri Lankan]] |group4=[[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] |list4= * [[Angika]] * [[Assamese language|Assamese]] * [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] * [[Bengali language|Bengali]] * [[Chakma language|Chakma]] * [[Chittagonian language|Chittagonian]] * [[Maldivian language|Dhivehi]] * [[Dogri language|Dogri]] * [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] * [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] ** [[Hindi]] ** [[Urdu]] ** [[Hinglish]] * [[Hindko]] * [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] * [[Konkani language|Konkani]] * [[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]] * [[Magahi language|Magahi]] * [[Maldivian language|Mahal]] * [[Maithili language|Maithili]] * [[Marathi language|Marathi]] * [[Nepali language|Nepali]] * [[Odia language|Odia]] * [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] * [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]] * [[Rangpuri language|Rangpuri]] * [[Sanskrit]] * [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]] * [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] * [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]] * [[Sylheti language|Sylheti]] |group5=[[Iranian languages|Iranian]] |list5= * [[Balochi language|Balochi]] * [[Dari]] * [[Pashto]] * [[Wakhi language|Wakhi]] |group6=[[Language isolate|Isolates]] |list6= * [[Burushaski]] * [[Nihali language|Nihali]] * [[Kusunda language|Kusunda]] |group7=[[Khasic languages|Khasic]] |list7= * [[Khasi language|Khasi]] * [[Lyngngam language|Lyngngam]] * [[Pnar language|Pnar]] * [[War language|War]] |group8=[[Malay trade and creole languages|Malay creoles]] |list8= * [[Sri Lankan Creole Malay]] |group9=[[Munda languages|Munda]] |list9= * [[Ho language|Ho]] * [[Korku language|Korku]] * [[Mundari language|Mundari]] * [[Santali language|Santali]] * [[Sora language|Sora]] |group10=[[Nicobarese languages|Nicobaric]] |list10= * [[Car language|Car]] * [[Central Nicobarese languages|Central Nicobarese]] * [[Chaura language|Chaura]] * [[Southern Nicobarese language|Southern Nicobarese]] * [[Teressa language|Teressa]] |group11=[[Ongan languages|Ongan]] |list11= * [[Önge language|Önge]] * [[Jarawa language (Andaman Islands)|Jarawa]] |group12=[[Romance languages|Romance]] |list12= * [[French_people_in_India#Indian_French|French]] * [[Indo-Portuguese creoles|Portuguese]] |group13=[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]] |list13= * [[Ao language|Ao]] * [[Balti language|Balti]] * [[Bodo language|Bodo]] * [[Dzongkha]] * [[Garo language|Garo]] * [[Hajong language|Hajong]] * [[Ladakhi language|Ladakhi]] * [[Limbu language|Limbu]] * [[Meitei language|Meitei]] * [[Mizo language|Mizo]] * [[Nepal Bhasa]] * [[Sikkimese language|Sikkimese]] * [[Tenyidie language|Tenyidie]] * [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan]] * [[Tripuri language|Tripuri]] |group14=[[Turkic languages|Turkic]] |list14= * [[Turkmen language|Turkmen]] * [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]] }} |group4 = Scripts |list4 = {{Navbox|subgroup |groupwidth = 6em| groupstyle = font-weight:normal; |group1=Historical |list1= * [[Brahmi script|Brahmi]] (Abugida) * [[Greek alphabet|Greek]] * [[Indus script|Indus]] (Undeciphered) * [[Kharosthi]] |group2=[[Arabic script|Arabic]] |list2= * [[Arabi Malayalam]] * [[Arwi]] * [[Nastaliq]] * [[Shahmukhi alphabet|Shahmukhi]] |group3=[[Brahmic scripts|Brahmic]] |list3= * [[Devanagari]] * [[Bengali alphabet|Bengali]] * [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]] * [[Gurmukhi]] * [[Malayalam script|Malayalam]] * [[Kannada script|Kannada]] * [[Odia script|Odia]] * [[Ranjana script|Ranjana]] * [[Sinhala script|Sinhala]] * [[Tamil script|Tamil]] * [[Telugu script|Telugu]] |group4= [[Old Italic scripts|Old Italic]] |list4= * [[Latin script|Latin]] |group5= Other |list5= * [[Thaana]] }} |group5 = Prestige language-<br></br>influence |list5 = * [[Englishisation]] ** [[Hinglish]] * [[Perso-Arabization]] ** [[Urdu]] * [[Sanskritisation (language)|Sanskritisation]] |group6 = Activism |list6 = * [[Bengali language movement|Bengali movement]] * [[Hela Havula]] * [[Meitei associate official language movement]] * [[Meitei classical language movement]] * [[Meitei linguistic purism movement]] * [[Nepal Bhasa movement|Newar movement]] * [[Nepali Language Movement|Nepali movement]] * [[Punjabi Language Movement|Punjabi Movement]] * [[Pure Tamil movement]] * [[Sanskrit revival]] * [[Urdu movement]] }}<noinclude> {{collapsible option}} [[Category:Asia language templates| ]] </noinclude> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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