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May 13, 2024 · The most important languages spoken in East Asia and Southeast Asia belong to two classes: tonal languages; non-tonal languages; The tonal languages include Mandarin, Cantonese, and Minnan dialects of Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, and Burmese. Non-tonal languages include Japanese, Korean, and Khmer (Cambodian).
2 days ago · The Austronesian languages (/ ˌ ɔː s t r ə ˈ n iː ʒ ən /) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples). They are spoken by about 386 million people (4.9% of the world population ...
2 days ago · Similarly, depending on the region Hokkien is spoken in, loanwords from local languages (Malay, Tagalog, Burmese, among others), as well as other Chinese dialects (such as Southern Chinese dialects like Cantonese and Teochew ), are commonly integrated into the vocabulary of Hokkien dialects.
3 days ago · Thus there are numerous dialects within, for example, Mandarin, Wu, Yue (aka Cantonese within China and among the Cantonese-Chinese diaspora), and Min, four of the largest Chinese languages. Generally speaking, the greater the geographical spread of the language, the greater the incidence of multiple dialects, though this is not a hard-and-fast ...
May 13, 2024 · Dravidian languages, family of some 70 languages spoken primarily in South Asia. The Dravidian languages are spoken by more than 215 million people in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The Dravidian languages are divided into South, South-Central, Central, and North groups; these groups are further organized into 24 subgroups.
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May 20, 2024 · East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, Madagascar: Linguistic classification: Proposed language family: Subdivisions: Sino-Tibetan; Hmong–Mien; Kra–Dai; Austronesian; Austroasiatic; Koreanic (sometimes included) Japonic (sometimes included) Glottolog: None
May 13, 2024 · Chinese languages, principal language group of eastern Asia, belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese exists in a number of varieties that are popularly called dialects but that are usually classified as separate languages by scholars.
