major language families in asia-pacific
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ALOFI
AGANA
NOUMÉAAVARUA
SAIPAN
PAPEETE
Kingston
MATU UTU
ADAMSTOWN
PAGO PAGO
SUVA
APIA
YAREN
KOROR
TARAWA
MAJURO
HONIARA
PALIKIR
FUNAFUTI
PORT-VILA
NUKU'ALOFA
PORT MORESBY
CHINA
AUSTRALIA
INDIA
MONGOLIA
MYANMAR
THAILAND
I N D O N E S I A
JAPAN
VIET NAM
NEPAL
M A L A Y S I A
PAPUANEW
GUINEA
CAMBODIA
NEW ZEALAND
BANGLADESH
PHILIPPINES
SRI LANKA
LAO PDR
JAMMU &KASHMIR
BHUTAN
REP. OF KOREA
DPRK
ARUNASHALPRADESH
FIJI
TIMOR-LESTE
New Caledonia (Fra.)
VANUATU
SOLOMON ISLANDS
BRUNEIDARUSSALAM
Guam (U.S.)
PALAU
French Polynesia (Fra.)Niue (N.Z.)
KIRIBATISINGAPORE
TONGA
MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)
ChristmasIsland (Aus.)
CookIslands(N.Z.)
Pitcairn (U.K.)
Northern MarianaIslands (U.S.)
NAURU
Norfolk Island (Aus.)
TOKELAU (N.Z.)TUVALU
MALDIVES
MARSHALL ISLANDS
Cocos (Keeling)islands (Aus.)
AKSAICHIN
SAMOAAMERICAN
SAMOA (U.S.)
TaiwanProvince of China
Wallis &Futunu (Fra.)
MALE
DILI
HANOI
TOKYO
MANILA
JAKARTA
SRI JAYEWARDENEPURAKOTTE
BANGKOK
YANGON
BEIJING
Canberra
NEW DELHI
VIENTIANE
KATHMANDU
Wellington
PHNOM PENH
ULAANBAATAR
KUALA LUMPUR
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
SEOUL
DHAKA
THIMPHU
SINGAPORE
PYONGYANG
SINO-TIBETAN
ALTAIC
INDO-EUROPEAN
AUSTRALIAN
JAPANESE
DRAVIDIAN
TAI-KADAI
AFRO-ASIATIC
LANGUAGEISOLATE
(KOREAN)
AUSTRO-ASIATIC
AUSTRONESIAN
HMONG-MIEN
TRANS-NEW GUINEA
GEELVINK BAY
WEST PAPUAN
SEPIK-RAMU
EAST PAPUAN
TORRICELLI
LOWER MAMBERAMO
ANDAMANESE
BAYONO-AWBONO
EAST BIRD'S HEAD
KWOMTARI-BAIBAI
LEFT MAY
SKO
AMTO-MUSAN
TAIPEI
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UNCC Building, Rajdamnern Nok Ave,Bangkok 10200, Thaniland
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Map data source(s):UN Cartographic Section, FAO, Global Discovery, WorldLanguage Mapping SystemDisclaimers:The designations employed and the presentation ofmaterial on this map do not imply the expression of anyopinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of theUnited Nations concerning the legal status of anycountry, territory, city or area or of its authorities, orconcerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
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Map Doc Name:Creation Date:Projection/Datum:Web Resources:
OCHA_ROAP_Language_v6_11051919 May 2011
Behrmann/WGS84http://ochaonline.un.org/roap
Major Language Families in Asia-PacificIssued: 01 May 2011
Major language familiesThis map uses a dataset derived from the Fifteenth Edition of thepublication 'Ethnologue: Languages of the World'. The publicationidentifies more than 3,200 languages in the Asia Pacific region in 28major linguistic families. Among these languages is Mandarin, spokenby almost 900 million people predominantly in China, while PapuaNew Guinea is home to over 800 languages, of which more than 350are spoken by less than 1,000 people.This map depicts the traditional linguistic homelands of each languagefamily. Populations away from their homelands are not mapped andpolygons are not provided for languages which are consideredwidespread in a country, e.g. where the language polygon would beessentially identical to the country boundary.Language data are from the World Language Mapping System(WLMS) and are available from GMI (http://www.gmi.org/wlms/)
Afro-AsiaticAltaicAmto-MusanAndamaneseAustralianAustro-AsiaticAustronesianBayono-AwbonoDravidianEast Bird's Head
East PapuanGeelvink BayHmong-MienIndo-EuropeanJapaneseKwomtari-BaibaiLanguage IsolateLeft MayLower MamberamoMixed Language
Sepik-RamuSino-TibetanSkoTai-KadaiTorricelliTrans-New GuineaUnclassifiedWest Papuan
LANGUAGE FAMILY