List Of Ethnolinguistic Regions Of South Asia
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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 The Sub-Himalayan Range (also known as the Cis-Himalaya) is the southernmost mountains in the Himalayan range, located on the Indian subcontinent. Their average height varies between 600 and 1200 meters, and are not so high in altitude as compa ...
countries, including, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan and
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. The population of South Asia is about 1.749 billion, putting it as the most populated region in the world. The region is very linguistically diverse, with India alone having over 780 languages.


Anga


Assam


Balochistan


Baltistan


Bengal (Bangla)


Chittagonian


Sylhet


Bhil Pradesh


Bodoland


Chitral


Chittagong (Chattogram)


Garhwal


Gujarat


Hazarajat


Hindustani Belt


Subregions


Awadh


Bagar


Bagelkhand


Bhojpur-Purvanchal


Braj (Brijbhoomi)


Bundelkhand


Chhattisgarh


Chota Nagpur


Dhundhar


Hadoti


Haryana


Kannauj


Magadha


Malwa


Marwar


Mewar


Mewat


Nimar


Rohilkhand


Shekhawati


Tharparkar


Indus Kohistan


Jammu


Kalasha Desh


Karnataka


Kashmir


Kerala


Konkan


Kumaon


Kutch (Kachchh)


Ladakh


Maharashtra


Mithila


Subregions


Bajjikanchal

Note :- Some people consider Bajjika to be a dialect of Maithili while some others consider it to be a separate language.


Kosi—Seemanchal


Nuristan


Odisha


Pashtunistan (Pakhtunkhwa)


Punjab


Sindh


Sinhala


Tamil Nadu


Telugu Desam (Telugu Nadu)


Tulu Nadu (Tulu Nad)


See also

* List of indigenous peoples of South Asia


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ethnolinguistic regions of South Asia South Asia Asia-related lists Demographics of India Asia