South Asian ethnic groups are an ethnolinguistic grouping of the diverse populations of South Asia, including the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, 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 ...

. While Afghanistan is variously considered to be part of both Central Asia and South Asia,

Afghans Afghans ( ps, افغانان, translit=afghanan; Persian/ prs, افغان ها, translit=afghānhā; Persian: افغانستانی, romanized: ''Afghanistani'') or Afghan people are nationals or citizens of Afghanistan, or people with ancestry f ...

are generally not included among South Asians. The majority of the population fall within three large

linguistic groups A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ''ancestral language'' or ''parental language'', called the proto-language of that family. The term "family" reflects the tree model of language origination in hist ...

: Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, and Iranic. The Indian, Nepalese, and Sri Lankan societies are traditionally divided into

caste Caste is a form of social stratification characterised by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a style of life which often includes an occupation, ritual status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion based on cultura ...

s or

clan A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning ...

s, which are based primarily on labour divisions; these categories have had no official status in India since independence in 1947, except for the scheduled castes and tribes, which remain registered for the purpose of affirmative action. In today's India, the population is categorised in terms of the 1,652 mother tongues spoken. These groups are also further subdivided into numerous sub-groups, castes and tribes. Indo-Aryans form the predominant ethnolinguistic group in India ( North India, East India, West India, and

Central India Central India is a loosely defined geographical region of India. There is no clear official definition and various ones may be used. One common definition consists of the states of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, which are included in alm ...

), Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Dravidians form the predominant ethnolinguistic group in southern India, the northern and eastern regions of Sri Lanka and a small pocket of Pakistan. The

Iranic peoples The Iranian peoples or Iranic peoples are a diverse grouping of Indo-European peoples who are identified by their usage of the Iranian languages and other cultural similarities. The Proto-Iranians are believed to have emerged as a separate ...

also have a significant presence in South Asia, the large majority of whom are located in Pakistan. Minority groups not falling within either large group mostly speak languages belonging to the Austroasiatic and Tibeto-Burman language families, and largely live around Ladakh and Northeast India, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. The Andamanese (Sentinel, Onge, Jarawa, and Great Andamanese) live in some of the Andaman Islands and speak a language isolate, as do the Kusunda in central Nepal, the Vedda in Sri Lanka, and the Nihali of Central India, who number about 5,000 people. The people of the Hunza Valley in Pakistan are another distinct population; they speak Burushaski, a language isolate. The traditions of different ethnic groups in South Asia have diverged, influenced by external cultures, especially in the northwestern parts of South Asia and also in the border regions and busy ports, where there are greater levels of contact with external cultures. There is also a lot of genetic diversity within the region. For example, most of the ethnic groups of the northeastern parts of South Asia are genetically related to peoples of East or Southeast Asia. There are also genetically isolated groups who have not been genetically influenced by other groups, such as the Jarawa people of the

Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...

. The largest ethnolinguistic group in South Asia are the Indo-Aryans, numbering around 1 billion, and the largest sub-group are the native speakers of Hindi languages, numbering more than 470 million. These groups are based solely on a linguistic basis and not on a genetic basis.

List of ethnic groups on the basis of language

Andamanese and Nicobarese groups

* Great Andamanese of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands * Jangil of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands *

Jarawa Jarawa may refer to: * Jarawas (Andaman Islands), one of the indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands ** Jarawa language (Andaman Islands) * Jarawa (Berber tribe), a Berber tribal confederacy that flourished in northwest Africa during the seventh ...

of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands * Onge of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands * Sentinelese of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Austroasiatic people

* Khasi people ** Pnar/Jaintia * Munda peoples ** Bhumij people **

Bonda people The Bonda (also known as the Bondo, Bondo Poraja, Bhonda, or Remo) are a Munda ethnic group approximately 12,000 (2011 census) who live in the isolated hill regions of the Malkangiri district of southwestern Odisha, India, near the junction of th ...

** Ho people **

Juang people The Juang are an Austroasiatic ethnic group found only in the Gonsaika hills of Keonjhar district of Odisha. Some Juangs, however migrated to neighbouring plains of Dhenkanal district of Odisha during the Bhuiyan revolt in the late 19th century. ...

** Kharia people ** Korku people **

Mahle people The Mahali is a small ethnic group living in the northern districts of Rajshahi, Joypurhat, Dinajpur, Rangpur and Sylhet of Bangladesh. The total community size is 30,000 (approximately) as of mid-2009. They are spread over these 5 districts ...

Munda people The Munda people are an Austroasiatic speaking ethnic group of India. They predominantly speak the Mundari language as their native language, which belongs to the Munda subgroup of Austroasiatic languages. The Munda are found mainly concentr ...

Santali people The Santal or Santhal are an Austroasiatic speaking Munda ethnic group in South Asia. Santals are the largest tribe in the Jharkhand and West Bengal state of India in terms of population and are also found in the states of Odisha, Bihar and A ...

** Sora people * Nicobarese people * Shompen people

Austronesian people

* Sri Lankan Malays *

Urak Lawoi Urak Lawoi ( ms, Orang Laut; th, อูรักลาโว้ย; ) are an Aboriginal Malay people residing on the islands of Phuket Province, Phuket, Phi Phi, Jum (island), Jum, Ko Lanta District, Lanta, Bulon and on Ko Lipe, Lipe and Ko Adan ...

* Moken

Dravidian people

Badagas The Badagas are an ethno-linguistic community living in the Nilgiri district in Tamil Nadu, India. Throughout the district the Badugas live in nearly 400 villages, called Hattis. The Badagas speak a language called Badaga. History The name ...

* Brahui people * Dongria Kondha * Gondi people * Irulas * Kannadigas * Khonds * Kodava * Kurukh/Oraon * Malayali *

Malto people The Malto or Maler people, also known as Pahariya, are a Dravidian tribal group from the Rajmahal Hills in the northeastern Chota Nagpur Plateau. They are divided into three subgroups: Mal Paharia, Sauria Paharia and Kumarbhag Paharia. All thre ...

* Sauria Paharia people * Tamil people ** Indian Tamils *** Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka **

Sri Lankan Tamils Sri Lankan Tamils ( or ), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, live in significant numbers in the Eastern Pro ...

* Telugu people * Toda people * Tuluvas

Indo-Aryan people

* Assamese people * Awadhi people * Banjara people *

Bhojpuri people The Bhojpuri people or Bhojpuriyas are a group from the Indian subcontinent who speak the Bhojpuri-language and inhabit the Bhojpuri-Purvanchal region. This area is now divided between the western part of the Indian state of Bihar, the eastern pa ...

Bengali people Bengalis (singular Bengali bn, বাঙ্গালী/বাঙালি ), also rendered as Bangalee or the Bengali people, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of S ...

* Bhil people *

Chakma Chakma may refer to: *Chakma people, a Tibeto-Burman people of Bangladesh and Northeast India *Chakma language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them **Chakma script ***Chakma (Unicode block) Chakma is a Unicode block containing characters for ...

* Chitrali people *

Deccani people The Deccanis ( ur, ) or Deccani People are an ethnoreligious community of Urdu-speaking Muslims who inhabit, or trace their ancestry from, the Deccan region of Southern and Central India, and speak the Deccani dialect. The community traces its ...

* Dhivehi people * Dogra people * Garhwali people *

Gujarati people The Gujarati people or Gujaratis, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who reside in or can trace their ancestry or heritage to the present-day western Indian state of Gujarat. They primarily speak Gujarati, an Indo-Aryan language. While G ...

* Haryanvi people * Kalash people * Kamrupi people * Kashmiri people * Khas people *

Konkani people The Konkan people ( Konkani) Konkanis The Konkan people (Konkani language, Konkani) Konkanis The Konkan people (Konkani language, Konkani) Konkanis The Konkan people (Konkani language, Konkani) Konkanis The Konkan p ...

* Kumaoni people * Kutchi people * Maithili people *

Maldivian people Maldivians (; ދިވެހިން, ''dhivehin'') are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group and nation native to the historic region of the Maldive Islands comprising what is now the Republic of Maldives and the island of Minicoy in Union Territory of Lak ...

Marathi people The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a M ...

* Magahi people *

Meena people Meena () is a sub-group of Bhils. They speak Meena language. They started adopting the Brahmin worship system. Its name is also transliterated as ''Meenanda'' or ''Mina''. Historians claim that they belong to the Matsya tribe. They got the ...

* Muhajir people * Nagpuria people * Odia people *

Pahari people Pahari or Pahadi may refer to: * Pahari language, the name of several languages of South Asia * Pahari people (Nepal), an ethnic group of Nepal * Pahari people, a cover term for many Northern Indo-Aryan speaking groups of Uttarakhand and Himachal P ...

Punjabi people The Punjabis ( Punjabi: ; ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ; romanised as Panjābīs), are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group associated with the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. The ...

* Rajasthani people ** Marwaris * Rohingya people * Sindhi people ** Memons * Saraiki people * Saurashtra people * Sinhalese people * Shina people *

Sylheti people The Sylheti () are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnocultural group that are associated with the Sylhet region in South Asia, specifically in northeast of Bengal presently divided between the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh, and the Barak Va ...

* Tanchangya people * Tharu * Urdu-speaking people

Iranic people

* Baloch people * Hazara people * Irani people * Tajik people *

Pashtun people Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...

** Rohilla people

Nuristani people

* Nuristani people ** Kata people ** Kom people ** Mumo people

Semitic people

* Arabs or mixed Arab and Indo-Aryan or Dravidian ** Arabs in Gujarat **

Sri Lankan Moors Sri Lankan Moors ( ta, இலங்கைச் சோனகர், translit=Ilaṅkaic Cōṉakar; si, ලංකා යෝනක, translit=Lanka Yonaka; formerly Ceylon Moors; colloquially referred to as Sri Lankan Muslims) are an ethnic minorit ...

(trace ancestry to Arab traders who settled in Sri Lanka) **

Iraqi biradri Iraqi Biradri is a Sunni Muslim caste found chiefly in Ghazipur, Azamgarh, Ballia, Deoria and Gorakhpur districts of the eastern Uttar Pradesh in India. Iraqi Biradri is also referred to as Iraqi Shaikh. History and origin Iraqi biradri is a desc ...

- a community of Muslims in north India (trace ancestry from Arab tribe of Bani Tamim) ** Labbay Arab traders who settled in South India ** Konkani Muslims trace their ancestry to Arab traders. **

Mappila Muslims Mappila Muslim, often shortened to Mappila, formerly anglicized as Moplah/Mopla and historically known as Jonaka/Chonaka Mappila or Moors Mopulars/Mouros da Terra and Mouros Malabares, in general, is a member of the Muslim community of same n ...

trace their ancestry to Arab traders. **Boras trace ancestors to Arab traders and merchants. **

Chaush The Chaush or Chaus are MuslimMediaeval Deccan History, eds Kulkarni, M A Naeem and de Souza, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1996, pg 63, https://books.google.com/books?id=O_WNqSH4ByQC&lpg=PA52&pg=PA63#v=onepage&q&f=false community of Hadhrami Arab ...

trace ancestors to traders from Yemen. ** Syrian Malabar Nasranis are descendants of both Brahmin, Nair and Jewish converts to Christianity. (Some mixed later with Persians and Europeans later on) ** Knanaya Syriac Christians who trace their origins to Mesopotamia * Indian Jews ** Cochin Jews (Malayali Jews) ** Bene Israel (Marathi Jews) ** Baghdadi Jews ( Arab Jews in Bengal) ** Bnei Menashe (

Mizo Mizo may refer to: *Mizo people, an ethnic group native to north-eastern India, western Myanmar (Burma) and eastern Bangladesh *Mizo language, a language spoken by the Mizo people *Mizoram, a state in Northeast India *Lusei people, an ethnic group ...

and Kuki Jews) ** Bene Ephraim (Telugu Jews) ** Paradesi Jews ( European Jews in India)

Tai people

* Ahom people * Tai Aiton * Tai Phake or Tai Phakial

Tibeto-Burman people

* Bodo–Kachari people ** Bodo ** Dimasa ** Garo ** Hajong ** Sonowal ** Sutiya * Chepang * Gurung * Khowa * Kirati people ** Rai **

Limbu Limbu may refer to: * Limbu people, an indigenous tribe living in Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan ** Rambahadur Limbu (born 1939), Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross * Limbu language * Limbu script ** Limbu (Unicode block) Limbu is a Unicod ...

** Yakkha, Sunuwar * Lepcha people * Magar people * Memba * Meitei people ( Manipuri people) * Naga people ** Anāl people ** Angami Naga *** Southern Angami **

Ao Naga The Ao Nagas are a major Naga ethnic group native to Mokokchung District of Nagaland, Northeast India. Their main territory is from Tsüla (Dikhu) Valley in the east to Tsürang (Disai) Valley in the west in Mokokchung District. The Ao Nagas ...

Chakhesang Naga The Chakhesangs are a major Naga ethnic group found in the Indian state of Nagaland. Chakhesangs were previously known as the former Eastern Angamis, now recognized as a separate ethnic group. The Chakhesangs are divided into two groups know ...

** Chang Naga ** Chiru Naga **

Chothe people The Chothe tribe is one of the oldest tribes found in the state of Manipur, India. Some historians and anthropologists have erroneously recorded the Chothe as the Purum of India. Some Chothe are called Chawhte in Mizoram and they are part of ...

Khiamniungan Naga Khiamniungan is a major Naga ethnic group, with approximately 35% of the population found in Noklak District of Nagaland, India and the rest in Naga Self Administered Zone and Hkhamti district of Myanmar. They were also called Kalyo-Kengnyu ("sl ...

** Konyak Naga **

Lainong Naga The Lainong tribe (also known as Htang Ngan, Leinong) is one of the Naga tribes that mostly resides in Naga Self-Administered Zone in Myanmar . They are one of the major Naga tribes of Myanmar and mostly inhabits around Lahe Township Lahe Town ...

Lamkang people The Lamkang tribe are one of the Naga tribes that mostly resides in Manipur, India and some in Sagaing Region, Myanmar. They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe, in accordance with The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 ...

** Lotha Naga ** Mao people ** Maram people **

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Monsang people Monsang people are one among the indigenous tribes of North-East India, inhabiting the south-east part of Manipur state border to Myanmar particularly in Chandel district. Monsangs have their own distinct culture and tradition and are traditiona ...

** Moyon Naga ** Nocte Naga ** Para Naga **

Poumai people The Poumai people, also known as the Poumai Nagas, are one of the major Naga tribes in northeastern state of Manipur in India. The Poumai predominantly live in the Senapati District of Manipur, though there are villages in Nagaland state and o ...

** Phom Naga ** Pochury Naga ** Rengma Naga ** Sangtam Naga ** Sümi Naga ** Tangkhul people **

Tangsa Naga The Tangsa or Tangshang in India and Myanmar (Burma) respectively, is a tribe native to Changlang District of Arunachal Pradesh, parts of Tinsukia District of Assam, in north-eastern India, and across the border in Sagaing Region, parts of Ka ...

Tarao people The Taraos are one of the lesser-known tribes of Manipur mostly settled in Chandel district of Manipur. They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue. References

Scheduled Tribes of Manipur Naga ...

Thangal people The Thangals are one of the indigenous Naga tribes restricted to the Senapati district of the state of Manipur in north-east India. Presently there are 13 Thangal villages. They are found in eleven hill villages of the Senapati District. Mapao T ...

** Tikhir Naga **

Tutsa Naga The Tutsa are a Naga tribe living in the western parts of Changlang and Khimiyong circles and the eastern part of Tirap districts of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Ethnically, the Tutsa are closely related to the Tangsa and were classifi ...

** Wancho Naga ** Yimkhiung Naga ***

Chirr Naga Chirr is a Naga ethnic group that are mostly native to Nagaland, India. They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe, in the official Census of India. However, due to lack of official recognition from Government of Nagaland are considered sub-tribe of ...

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Makury Naga The Makury tribe (sometimes spelt Makuri, Makware) is one of the Naga tribes that mostly resides in Naga Self-Administered Zone in Myanmar and some in Nagaland, India. They are one of the major Naga tribes of Myanmar and mostly inhabits around L ...

** Zeliangrong ***

Inpui people The Inpui tribe are one of the indigenous Naga tribes of Manipur, India. The majority of the Inpuis are settled in the Haochong subdivision in Noney District, and in Tamenglong district, Manipur. Inpuis are also settled in Makuilongdi, Senapati he ...

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Liangmai people The Liangmai tribe inhabits Nagaland and Manipur states of Northeast India. Their villages are mostly spread across Peren district in Nagaland and Tamenglong, Senapati in Manipur. There are also few villages in Dimapur, Imphal East and Imphal ...

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Rongmei people The Rongmei (also known as ''Kabui'') are one of the major indigenous communities a part of the Naga tribes of North-East India. The Rongmei Naga are a scheduled tribe under the Constitution of India. The Rongmei have a rich culture, customs ...

*** Zeme Naga *

Newar people Newar (; new, नेवार, endonym: Newa; new, नेवा, Pracalit script:) or Nepami, are the historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisation ...

* Nishi * Tamang * Thakali * Tibetans and Tibetan-speaking peoples ** Tibetan Ladakhis **

Uttarakhandi Bhotiya Bhotiyas are people of presumed Tibetan heritage that live along the Indo-Tibetan border in the upper reaches of the Great Himalayas, at elevations ranging from to . In Uttarakhand, they inhabit seven river valleys, three in the Garhwal divi ...

** Sikkimese people *** Bhutias **

Monpa The Monpa or Mönpa () is a major tribe of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India. The Tawang Monpas have a migration history from Changrelung. The Monpa are believed to be the only nomadic tribe in Northeast India – they are totally dependen ...

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Takpa The Takpa is a linguistic northern sub-group of the Monpa people, while the southern sub-group is identified as the Tshangla. Monpas of the Takpa group are found in Tawang and Dirang of Arunachal Pradesh, Cuona of Tibet as well as Trashigang in Bhu ...

*** Tshangla **

Sherpas The Sherpa are one of the Tibetan ethnic groups native to the most mountainous regions of Nepal, Tingri County in the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Himalayas. The term ''sherpa'' or ''sherwa'' derives from the Sherpa language words ("east") ...

** Bhotiyas ** Sherdukpen **

Aka Aka, AKA or a.k.a. may refer to: * "Also known as", used to introduce an alternative name Languages * Aka language (Sudan) * Aka language, in the Central African Republic * Hruso language, in India, also referred to as Aka * a prefix in the n ...

** Miji ** Tibetan Muslim ***

Burig Purgi, Purigi or Puriki (Tibetan script: , Nastaʿlīq script: ) is a Tibetic languages, Tibetic language closely related to the Balti language, Balti language. Purgi is natively spoken by the Purigpa, Purigpa people in Ladakh region of India and ...

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Baltis Baltis was an ancient Arabian goddess. She was revered at Carrhae and identified with the planet Venus. Isaac of Antioch mentions Baltis in a text written in the middle of the 5th century CE as a deity worshipped by the Arabs. Baltis here is e ...

* Tripuri * Karbi people or Mikir * Thami * Zo people ** Bawm people **

Chin The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible (List_of_human_anatomical_regions#Regions, mental region) below the lower lip. A fully developed human skull has a chin of between 0.7 cm and 1.1 cm. Evolution The presence of a we ...

** Kuki *** Halam *** Hrangkhol **

Turkic peoples

* Turkish Indian * Rowther are alleged descendants of Seljuk Turks in Turko-Persian tradition. They have since become the tradition of Turko-Indian in 12th Century. * Mughal (Moghul) (A

Sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

Islamic Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...

dynasty of Asia which originated in Central Asia) **

Chughtai The Chughtai Moghols or Chughtai Mughals ( chg, Çağatay Moghul, ur, ) are descendants and followers of Chaghtai Khan (the second son of Genghis Khan and the founder of Chaghtai Khanate) in South Asia (modern-day Pakistan). They migrated to th ...

Tartars (Those people who originated in Uzbekistan and fought for Chagatai Khan who was son of

Genghis Khan ''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr />Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan'' , birth_name = Temüjin , successor = Tolui (as regent)Ögedei Khan , spouse = , issue = , house = Borjigin , ...

). **

Barlas The Barlas ( mn, Barulās, script=Latn;Grupper, S. M. ‘A Barulas Family Narrative in the Yuan Shih: Some Neglected Prosopographical and Institutional Sources on Timurid Origins.’ Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 8 (1992–94): 11–97 Chagatay/ ...

Turkified Turkification, Turkization, or Turkicization ( tr, Türkleştirme) describes a shift whereby populations or places received or adopted Turkic attributes such as culture, language, history, or ethnicity. However, often this term is more narrowly ...

Mongol tribe to which

Babur Babur ( fa, , lit= tiger, translit= Bābur; ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his ...

belonged) ** Changezi (Those who were in army of Hulagu Khan)

Afro-Asian groups

* Sheedis/Siddis, an ethnic community of Black African descent, found primarily in Pakistan, Gujarat, and Karnataka. * Sri Lanka Kaffirs

European and Eurasian people

Anglo-Burmese The Anglo-Burmese people, also known as the Anglo-Burmans, are a community of Eurasians of Burmese and European descent, who emerged as a distinct community through mixed relationships (sometimes permanent, sometimes temporary) between the Brit ...

* Anglo-Indian * Bangladeshi-Armenians ** Dhakaiya Armenians *

Burgher people Burgher people, also known simply as Burghers, are a small Eurasian ethnic group in Sri Lanka descended from Portuguese, Dutch, British and other European men who settled in Ceylon and developed relationships with native Sri Lankan women. The Po ...

* French-Indian * Luso-Indian * Romani people * Eurasians

East Asian people

Chinese

* Bangladeshi Chinese * Indian Chinese * Sri Lankan Chinese

Linguistically isolate groups

* Hunza people * Kusunda * Nahali * Vedda

Diaspora

Many South Asian ethnic groups and nationalities have substantial diasporas outside of South Asia. * South Asian American ** Bangladeshi American **

Bengali American Bengali Americans ( bn, মার্কিন বাঙ্গালী) are Americans of Bengali ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage and identity. They trace their ancestry to the historic ethnolinguistic region of Bengal in South Asia (no ...

** Gujarati American **

Indian American Indian Americans or Indo-Americans are citizens of the United States with ancestry from India. The United States Census Bureau uses the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with Native Americans, who have also historically been referred to ...

** Nepalese American **

Pakistani American Pakistani Americans ( ur, ) are Americans who originate from Pakistan. The term may also refer to people who also hold a dual Pakistani and U.S. citizenship. Educational attainment level and household income are much higher in the Pakistani-Am ...

Punjabi American Punjabi Americans, are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. There are over 300,000 Punjabi Americans, many of whom were Sikhs who first settled in California's Central Valley to do a ...

Sri Lankan American Sri Lankan Americans ( si, script=latn, Sri Lankika Amerikanu, ta, script=latn, Ilangkaī Amerikan) are Americans of full or partial Sri Lankan diaspora, Sri Lankan ancestry. Sri Lankan Americans are persons of Sri Lankan origin from various Sri ...

** Tamil American ** Telugu American *

South Asian Canadian South Asian Canadians are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to the Indian subcontinent, which includes the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives. The term South Asian C ...

Bangladeshi Canadian Bangladeshi Canadians (french: Canadiens Bangladais, bn, কানাডীয় বাংলাদেশী, Kanaḍīyô Bangladeshī) are Canadian citizens of Bangladeshi descent, first-generation Bangladeshi immigrants, or descendants of Ba ...

** Indo-Canadian ** Nepalese Canadian ** Pakistani Canadian ** Sri Lankan Canadian **

Tamil Canadian Tamil Canadians, or Canadian Tamils, are Canadians of Tamil ethno-linguistic origin. Much of Canada's Tamil diaspora from India and Sri Lanka then majority consist of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who sought to flee the ethnic tensions during the ...

* British Asian ** British Bangladeshi **

British Indian British Indians are citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) whose ancestral roots are from India. This includes people born in the UK who are of Indian origin as well as Indians who have migrated to the UK. Today, Indians comprise about 1.4 mil ...

British Nepalese Nepalese in the United Kingdom (also British Nepalese, Nepalese British, British Nepali) are British citizens or full-time residents of the United Kingdom whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in Nepal. According to ONS estimates in 2019 t ...

** British Pakistani **

British Tamil British Tamils ( ta, பிரித்தானியத் தமிழர், irittāṉiyat tamiḻar are British people of Tamil origin. However, "Tamil" is not one of the predefined tick-box answers for the ethnicity question on the UK Cen ...

Sri Lankans in the United Kingdom Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanese, ...

British Indo-Caribbean community British Indo-Caribbean people are residents of the United Kingdom who were born in the Caribbean and whose ancestors are indigenous to India. The UK has a large population of Indo-Caribbean people. Background Indian people were first introduced ...

Mauritians in the United Kingdom Mauritian diaspora in the United Kingdom are British people with Mauritian descent, or who were born in Mauritius. The 2001 UK Census recorded 27,078 Mauritian-born people living in the UK. The 2011 UK Census recorded 40,890 Mauritian-born resid ...

** Asian-Scots * South Asian Australian ** Bangladeshi Australian ** Indian Australian **

Nepalese Australian Nepalese Australians or Nepali Australians are the Citizens/Permanent Residents in Australia whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in Nepal. Nepalese started to settle in Australia from the 1960s. Lhotshampa refugees About 5,000 Lhotshampas ...

** Pakistani Australian **

Sri Lankan Australian Sri Lankan Australians ( si, ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානුවන්, ta, இலங்கை ஆஸ்திரேலியர்கள்) are people of Sri Lankan heritage living in Australia; th ...

* Indo Kiwi * Indians in Singapore *

Malaysian Indian Malaysian Indians or Indian Malaysians are Malaysian citizens of Indian or South Asian ancestry. Today, they form the third-largest group in Malaysia after the Malays and the Chinese. Most are descendants of those who migrated from India durin ...

Nepalis in Singapore There is a large community of Nepalese in Singapore, consisting mostly of Gurkhas recruited from Nepal and their families. Overview Gurkhas The Gurkha Contingent was formed in Singapore on 9 April 1949 in the wake of Indian independence from th ...

** Tamil Malaysians ** Chitty * Nepalese people in Malaysia * Indian Indonesian * Indo-Mauritian **

Bihari Mauritian Bihari Mauritians are the descendants of mainly Bhojpuri and some Awadhi speaking migrants to Mauritius. A majority of Indo-Mauritians are of Bihari descent, and the majority of Mauritians are Indo-Mauritian (the Hindus: Bhumihar, Vaishya, Brahmi ...

Indo-Caribbean Indo-Caribbeans or Indian-Caribbeans are Indian people in the Caribbean who are descendants of the Jahaji Indian indentured laborers brought by the British, Dutch, and French during the colonial era from the mid-19th century to the early 20th c ...

Indians in Barbados Indo-Barbadian or Indo-Bajan, refers to Barbadians of Indian ancestry, including from present-day Bangladesh and Pakistan. Currently, there is a 3,000-strong Indian community in Barbados. History Research has shown that the first known Muslim ...

Indians in Belize Indo-Belizeans, also known as East Indian Belizeans, are citizens of Belize of Indian ancestry. The community made up 3.9% of the population of Belize in 2010. They are part of the wider Indo-Caribbean community, which itself is a part of the glob ...

Indians in the Dominican Republic Indians in the Dominican Republic consist of a number of expatriates and immigrants from India and their locally born descendants. As of 2012, there are about 200 people of Indian ancestry living the country. In recent years, Indian students have ...

** Indians in French Guiana ** Indo-Grenadians ** Indians in Guadeloupe ** Indo-Guyanese **

Indo-Haitians Indo-Haitians are Haitians of Indian ancestry who immigrated to or were born in Haiti. As of 2011, there were about 10,000 people of East Indian ancestry or ancestry from the Indian subcontinent living in Haiti, with the overwhelming majority of th ...

** Indo-Jamaican ** Indo-Martiniquais ** Indo-Saint Lucian ** Indo-Surinamese ** Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian ** Indo-Vincentian *Indians in South America **

Indians in Argentina There is a small community of Indians in Argentina who are mainly immigrants from India and the neighboring countries in South America and the Caribbean with Indo-Caribbean influence (i.e. Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname) and some of ...

Indians in Brazil There is a small community of Indians in Brazil who are mainly immigrants and expatriates from India. There are currently about 9,200 people of Indian origin living in the country and a majority of them live in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Ther ...

** Indians in Panama ** Indians in Venezuela *

Burmese Indians Burmese Indians are a group of people of Indian origin who live in Myanmar (Burma). The term 'Burmese Indian' refers to a broad range of people from South Asia, most notably from present-day countries such as India, Bangladesh and also Pakis ...

South Asians in Hong Kong South Asians are part of the Hong Kong society. As of the 2016 by-census, there were at least 44,744 persons of South Asian descent in Hong Kong. Many trace their roots in Hong Kong as far back as when India was still under British colonial rule ...

* South Asians in the Philippines *

Indians in Germany The community of Germans with Indian background includes Indian expatriates in Germany, as well as German citizens of Indian origin or descent. In 2009, the German government estimated that the number of people of Indian descent residing in Ge ...

* Nepalis in Germany * Indian South Africans ** Tamil South Africans * Indians in Botswana * Indians in Kenya * Indians in Madagascar * Indo-Mauritian **

Indians in Mozambique Indian Mozambicans form the sixth-largest Indian diaspora community in Africa, according to the statistics of India's Ministry of External Affairs. Roughly 70,000 people of Indian descent reside in Mozambique, as well as 870 Indian expatriates. ...

* Indo-Réunionnaise * Indo-Seychellois * Indians in Tanzania *

Indians in Uganda There is a sizable community of people of Indian origin living in Uganda. In 2003, there were an estimated 15,000 people of Asian descent (majority of Indians and Pakistanis) living in Uganda, compared to approximately 80,000 before they were e ...

* Indians in Zambia * Indians in Zimbabwe * Indians in Iran * Indians in Thailand *

Indians in the United Arab Emirates Indians in the United Arab Emirates ar, الهنود في الإمارات العربية المتحدة, al-Hunūd fī al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyah al-Muttaḥidah) constitute the largest part of the population of the country. Over 3,420,00 ...

* Indians in Vietnam * Indians in Panama * Indian diaspora in France * Indians in Israel * Indians in Italy * Indians in Portugal * Indian community in Spain * Indo-Fijian **

South Indians in Fiji The South Indians in Fiji are mainly descendants of the 15,132 contract labourers who were brought to Fiji between 1903 and 1916. This represents about 25% out of a total of 60,965 contract labourers who were brought to Fiji between 1879 and 1916. ...

Indians in New Caledonia There are about 500 New Caledonians of Indian descent. They were known as Malabars Malabari is a term used for Indians originating from the Malabar region. The region does includes the present state of Kerala in India ''or'' southwestern ...

See also Bangladeshi diaspora, Indian diaspora,

Nepalese diaspora Overseas Nepalis or Non-Resident Nepalis are Nepali people who live outside the South Asian nation of Nepal. Under the Non-Resident Nepali Act of 2007, Non-Resident Nepali (NRN) ( ne, गैर आवासीय नेपाली, ''Gair Aawa ...

, Pakistani diaspora, Punjabi diaspora, Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, Tamil diaspora. Two (or possibly three) other people groups have ethnic and linguistic ties with the region: * Dom people * Romani people * Lom people (who speak a language both related to Indo-Aryan and Armenian)

References

16. Vij SB, Webb ML. Culturally competent occupational therapy practice for South Asians in the United States of America: A narrative review. Indian J Occup Ther 2022;54:4-9.

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