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The following list is a list of ethnolinguistic regions of South Asia. An ethnolinguistic region indicates a region of people that are united by a common language and ethnicity. South Asia is the southern region of the Asian continent, consisting mostly of the Indian subcontinent and sub-Himalayan countries, including, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The population of South Asia is about 1.749 billion, putting it as the most populated region in the world.[1] The region is very linguistically diverse, with India alone having over 780 languages.[2]
Anga edit
Region | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Anga | Angika |
Assam edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Assam | Assamese | Assamese people |
Balochistan edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Balochistan | Balochi | Baloch people |
Baltistan edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Baltistan | Balti | Balti people |
Bengal (Bangla) edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Bengal (Bangla) | Bengali | Bengalis |
Chittagonian edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Chittagong | Chittagonian dialect | Chittagonians |
Sylhet edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Sylhet | Sylheti dialect | Sylhetis |
Bhil Pradesh edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Bhilistan | Bhili | Bhil people |
Bodoland edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Bodoland | Bodo | Bodo people |
Chitral edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Chitral | Khowar-Chitrali | Kho people |
Chittagong (Chattogram) edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Chittagong (Chattogram) | Chittagonian language | Chittagonian people |
Garhwal edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Garhwal | Garhwali | Garhwali people |
Gujarat edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Gujarat | Gujarati | Gujarati people |
Hazarajat edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Hazarajat | Hazaragi | Hazaras |
Hindustani Belt edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Hindi Belt | Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) | Hindustani people |
Subregions edit
Awadh edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Awadh | Awadhi dialect | Awadhis |
Bagar edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Bagar | Bagri dialect | Bagri people |
Bagelkhand edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Bagelkhand | Bagheli dialect | Bagheli people |
Bhojpur-Purvanchal edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Bhojpur-Purvanchal | Bhojpuri dialect | Bhojpuri people |
Braj edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Braj | Braj Bhasha dialect | Braji people |
Bundelkhand edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Bundelkhand | Bundeli dialect | Bundeli people |
Chhattisgarh edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Chhattisgarh | Chhattisgarhi dialect | Chhattisgarhi people |
Chota Nagpur edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Chota Nagpur | Sadri (Nagpuri) dialect, Khortha, Kurmali | Sadan people, Nagpuria people |
Dhundhar edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Dhundhar | Dhundari dialect | Dhundari people |
Hadoti edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Hadoti | Harauti dialect | Hadauti people |
Haryana edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Haryana | Haryanvi dialect | Haryanvi people |
Kannauj edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Kannauj | Kannauji dialect | Kannauji people |
Magadha edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Magadha | Magahi dialect | Magahi people |
Malwa edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Malwa | Malvi dialect | Malvi people |
Marwar edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Marwar | Marwari dialect | Marwari people |
Mewar edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Mewar | Mewari dialect | Mewari people |
Mewat edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Mewat | Mewati dialect | Mewati people |
Nimar edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Nimar | Nimadi dialect | Nimadi people |
Rohilkhand edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Rohilkhand | Rohilkhandi dialect | Rohilkhandi people |
Shekhawati edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Shekhawati | Shekhawati dialect | Shekhawati people |
Tharparkar edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Tharparkar | Dhatki dialect | Dhatki (Thari) people |
Indus Kohistan edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Indus Kohistan (Abasin Kohistan) | Indus Kohistani (Maiyã, Shuthun, Abasin Kohistani) | Kohistani people |
Jammu edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Jammu | Dogri | Dogra |
Kalasha Desh edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Kalasha Desh | Kalasha-mun | Kalash people |
Karnataka edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Karnataka | Kannada | Kannada people |
Kashmir edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Kashmir | Kashmiri | Kashmiris |
Kerala edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Kerala | Malayalam | Malayali |
Konkan edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Konkan/Goa | Konkani | Konkani people |
Kumaon edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Kumaon | Kumaoni | Kumaoni people |
Kutch (Kachchh) edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Kutch (Kachchh) | Kutchi | Kutchi people |
Ladakh edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Ladakh | Ladakhi | Ladakhi people |
Maharashtra edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Maharashtra | Marathi | Marathi people |
Mithila edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Mithila | Maithili | Maithils |
Subregions edit
Bajjikanchal edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Bajjikanchal[3] | Bajjika |
Note :- Some people consider Bajjika to be a dialect of Maithili while some others consider it to be a separate language.[4]
Kosi—Seemanchal edit
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Kosi—Seemanchal | Thēthi dialect |
Nuristan edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Nuristan | Nuristani | Nuristanis |
Odisha edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Odisha | Odia | Odia people |
Pashtunistan (Pakhtunkhwa) edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Pashtunistan (Pakhtunkhwa) | Pashto | Pashtuns (Pathanis) |
Punjab edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Punjab | Punjabi and Punjabi dialects | Punjabis |
Sindh edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Sindh | Sindhi | Sindhis |
Sinhala edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Sinhala (all regions of Sri Lanka except the North and part of the East) |
Sinhalese | Sinhalese people |
Tamil Nadu edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Tamil Nadu, India and Northern Province, Sri Lanka | Tamil | Tamils |
Telugu edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | Telugu | Telugu people |
Tulu Nadu (Tulu Nad) edit
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
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Tulu Nadu | Tulu | Tulu people |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "World Population Prospects, the 2010 Revision". 2013-04-04. Archived from the original on 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ^ "freedom@70: Seven decades after Independence, many small languages in India face extinction threat - The Economic Times". 2019-06-04. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ^ Abhishek Kashyap 2014, p. 1.
- ^ Mithilesh Kumar Jha 2017.
Works cited edit
- Abhishek Kashyap (2014). "On the linguistic resources of Bajjika". In Vibha Chauhan (ed.). The People's Linguistic Survey of India. Vol. 6: The Languages of Bihar. Orient Blackswan.
- Mithilesh Kumar Jha (2017). Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India: Making of the Maithili Movement. Oxford University Press India. ISBN 978-0-19-909172-0.