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The languages in the region mostly comprise Indo-Iranic and Dravidian languages, and further members of other language families like Austroasiatic, and Tibeto-Burman languages. English is considered the international lingua franca of the South Asian countries.
The major families in terms of numbers are Indo-European, specifically Indo-Aryan languages and Dravidian languages in South Asia; and Sino-Tibetan in East Asia. Several other families are regionally dominant.
South Asia has one of the most complex and diverse range of languages and dialects in the entire world. There are literally thousands of languages and dialects throughout the region, spoke by millions of people or only by a few hundred people.
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]
24 maj 2016 · This volume provides a state-of-the-art survey of linguistic research on the languages of South Asia, with contributions by well-known experts. Focus is both on what has been accomplished so far and on what remains unresolved or controversial and hence offers challenges for future research.
18 cze 2024 · The Digital Dictionaries of South Asia Project is a collaborative effort to widen access to South Asian Language Dictionaries. Established dictionaries for each of the twenty-six modern literary languages of South Asia will be mounted on the web for free and open access.
With nearly a quarter of the world’s population, members of at least five major language families plus several putative language isolates, South Asia is a fascinating arena for linguistic investigations, whether comparative-historical linguistics, studies of language contact and multilingualism, or general linguistic theory.
