Languages in Asia

CountryLanguageSpeakers (approx.)Remark
AfghanistanPashto10,000,000Official language
 Persian5,000,000Official language
 Uzbek1,000,000 
 Turkmen400,000 
BahrainArabic400,000Official language
Bangla DeshBengali100,000,000Official language
 Urdu500,000 
BhutanJonkha Official language
 Nepali Southern Bhutan
BruneiMalay Official language
 English  
BurmaBurmese30,000,000Official language
 Karen2,500,000Southern Burma
 Shan1,500,000Northern Burma
 Chin500,000Chin Hills
 Kachin350,000Extreme North
 Mon350,000Near Moulmein
 Palaung50,000North of Mandalay
 Wa50,000 
CambodiaKhmer5,000,000Official language
 Chinese400,000 
 Vietnamese400,000 
 Cham100,000 
CeylonSinhalese11,000,000Official language
 Tamil4,000,000Northern and eastern coastal regions
ChinaMandarin670,000,000Official language
 Wu50,000,000Shanghai area and Chekiang
 Cantonese45,000,000Kwangtung and Kwangsi, Hong Kong
 Amoy30,000,000Southern Fukien, Amoy Island
 Foochow15,000,000Northern Fukien
 Hakka20,000,000Northeastern Kwangtung and southern Kiangsi
 Hsiang15,000,000Hunan
 Chuang12,000,000Kwangsi Chuang Region
 Uigur5,000,000Sinkiang Uigur Region
 Yi5,000,000Yunnan
 Miao4,000,000Kweichow
 Mongolian2,500,000Inner Mongolia
 Puyi1,500,000Kweichow
 Korean1,500,000 
 Tung1,000,000Kweichow and Kwangsi
 Yao1,000,000Eastern China
 Kazakh800,000Northern Sinkiang
 Lisu500,000Yunnan
 Wa250,000Burmese border area
 Nung170,000Vietnamese border area
 Nakhi230,000Yunnan
 Lahu220,000Yunnan
 Kachin100,000Yunnan
 Salar50,000Tsinghai
 Sibo40,000 
 Nanai5,000 
 English Co-official with Mandarin in Hong Kong
IndiaEnglish Official language
 Hindi225,000,000Official language, North and Central India
 Bengali60,000,000West Bengal
 Telugu60,000,000Andhra Pradesh
 Marathi55,000,000Maharashtra
 Tamil50,000,000Tamil Nadu
 Bihari40,000,000Bihar
 Gujarati35,000,000Gujarat
 Kanarese30,000,000Karnataka
 Urdu30,000,000 
 Malayam30,000,000Kerala
 Oriya25,000,000Orissa
 Punjabi15,000,000the Punjab
 Rajasthani15,000,000Rajasthan
 Assamese12,000,000Assam
 Santali3,000,000 
 Bhili2,000,000West-central India
 Sindhi1,500,000Western India
 Gondi1,500,000Central India
 Kurukh1,000,000Central India
 Mundari750,000 
 Ho750,000 
 Kui500,000Central India
 Khasi400,000Khasi Hills
 Bodo North of the Brahmaputra in Assam
 Savara  
 Korku  
 Garo Garo Hills
 Meithei Manipur
 Lushei Southern Assam
IndonesiaIndonesian12,000,000Official language
 Javanese50,000,000Java
 Sundanese15,000,000Java
 Madurese8,000,000Java, Madura
 Minangkabau3,000,000Sumatra
 Buginese2,500,000Celebes
 Achinese2,000,000Sumatra
 Balinese2,000,000Bali
 Batak1,500,000Sumatra
IraqArabic13,500,000 
 Kurdish1,500,000Northern Iraq
IsraelHebrew3,250,000Official language
 Arabic750,000Official language
JapanJapanese120,000,000Official language
JordanArabic2,000,000Official language
KashmirKashmiri3,000,000 
 Burushaski Northwestern Kashmir
KuwaitArabic1,500,000Official language
LaosLao3,000,000Official language
 Miao100,000 
 Yao50,000 
LebanonArabic3,000,000Official
 Armenian150,000 
 Assyrian15,000 
MalaysiaMalay  
 Chinese  
 Tamil  
the MaldivesMaldivian150,000Official language
MauritiusEnglish Official language
 French300,000 
 Hindi  
 Urdu  
 Tamil  
 Chinese  
MongoliaMongolian2,000,000 
 Kazakh50,000Western Mongolia
NepalNepali8,000,000Official language
 Bihari2,000,000Southern Nepal
 Newari500,000Katmandu Valley
 Murmi500,000 
North KoreaKorean Official language
OmanArabic1,000,000Official language
PakistanUrdu Official language
 Punjabi60,000,000 
 Sindhi7,000,000Sind Province
 Pashto6,000,000North-West Frontier Province
 Baluchi1,000,000Baluchistan
 Brahui500,000Baluchistan
 Punjabi60,000,000 
Papua New GuineaPidgin English Official language
 Police Moto Official language
 Enga125,000Central Highlands
 Chimbu60,000Central Highlands
 Hagen60,000Central Highlands
 Kâte50,000Huon Peninsula
 Tolai25,000New Britain
 Yabim10,000Huon Peninsula
 Moto10,000Around Port Moresby
 Baining5,000New Britain
PersiaPersian  
 Azerbaidzhani Azerbaidzhan province
 Gilaki along the shores of the Caspian Sea
 Mazanderani along the shores of the Caspian Sea
 Kurdish  
 Baluchi extreme southeast
 Arabic  
 Turkmen  
 Armenian  
 Assyrian  
the PhilippinesTagalog10,000,000Official language
 English  
 Spanish  
 Cebuano8,000,000Middle Islands
 Ilocano3,000,000Northern Luzon
 Hiligaynon3,000,000Middle Islands
 Bikol2,000,000Bikol
 Samaran1,500,000Middle Islands
 Pampangan650,000Pampanga province
 Pangasinan500,000Pangasinan
 Maranao400,000Mindanao
 Igorot250,000Mountain province
QatarArabic250,000Official language
Saudi ArabiaArabic10,000,000Official language
the SeychellesEnglish Official language
SingaporeChinese1,750,000Official language
 Malay250,000Official language
 Tamil200,000Official language
 English Official language
South KoreaKorean Official language
SyriaArabic10,000,000Official language
 Kurdish250,000 
 Armenian150,000 
 Circassian50,000 
 Turkmen50,000 
 Assyrian15,000 
 Aramaic2,000 
TaiwanMandarin Official language
 Amoy15,000,000 
ThailandThai45,000,000Official language
 Chinese5,000,000 
 Malay1,000,000Extreme south
 Khmer350,000Southeast
 Mon75,000Near the western border
 Karen75,000North
 Miao50,000North
TibetMandarin  
 Tibetan  
the United Arab EmiratesArabic6,000,000Official language
 Persian  
 Hindi  
 Urdu  
VietnamVietnamese60,000,000Official language
 Chinese1,000,000 
 Thai800,000North
 Khmer400,000Near the Cambodian border
 Muong400,000North
 Nung300,000North
 Miao200,000North
 Yao175,000North
 Jarai150,000South
 Rhade125,000South
 Bahnar100,000South
 Sedang80,000South
 Cham50,000South
YemenArabic8,000,000Official language