Languages of South Asia
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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.