List of ethnolinguistic regions of South Asia
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Contents
- 1 Anga
- 2 Assam
- 3 Balochistan
- 4 Baltistan
- 5 Bengal (Bangla)
- 6 Bhil Pradesh
- 7 Bodoland
- 8 Chitral
- 9 Chittagong (Chattogram)
- 10 Garhwal
- 11 Gujarat
- 12 Hazarajat
- 13 Hindustani Belt
- 13.1 Subregions
- 13.1.1 Awadh
- 13.1.2 Bagar
- 13.1.3 Bagelkhand
- 13.1.4 Bhojpur-Purvanchal
- 13.1.5 Braj
- 13.1.6 Bundelkhand
- 13.1.7 Chhattisgarh
- 13.1.8 Chota Nagpur
- 13.1.9 Dhundhar
- 13.1.10 Hadoti
- 13.1.11 Haryana
- 13.1.12 Kannauj
- 13.1.13 Magadha
- 13.1.14 Malwa
- 13.1.15 Marwar
- 13.1.16 Mewar
- 13.1.17 Mewat
- 13.1.18 Nimar
- 13.1.19 Rohilkhand
- 13.1.20 Shekhawati
- 13.1.21 Tharparkar
- 13.1 Subregions
- 14 Indus Kohistan
- 15 Jammu
- 16 Kalasha Desh
- 17 Karnataka
- 18 Kashmir
- 19 Kerala
- 20 Konkan
- 21 Kumaon
- 22 Kutch (Kachchh)
- 23 Ladakh
- 24 Maharashtra
- 25 Mithila
- 26 Nuristan
- 27 Odisha
- 28 Pashtunistan (Pakhtunkhwa)
- 29 Punjab
- 30 Sindh
- 31 Sinhala
- 32 Tamil Nadu
- 33 Telugu
- 34 Tulu Nadu (Tulu Nad)
- 35 See also
- 36 References
Anga
Region | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Anga | Angika |
Assam
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Assam | Assamese | Assamese people |
Balochistan
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Balochistan | Balochi | Baloch people |
Baltistan
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Baltistan | Balti | Balti people |
Bengal (Bangla)
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Bengal (Bangla) | Bengali | Bengalis |
Chittagonian
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Chittagong | Chittagonian dialect | Chittagonians |
Sylhet
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Sylhet | Sylheti dialect | Sylhetis |
Bhil Pradesh
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Bhilistan | Bhili | Bhil people |
Bodoland
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Bodoland | Bodo | Bodo people |
Chitral
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Chitral | Khowar-Chitrali | Kho people |
Chittagong (Chattogram)
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Chittagong (Chattogram) | Chittagonian language | Chittagonian people |
Garhwal
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Garhwal | Garhwali | Garhwali people |
Gujarat
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Gujarat | Gujarati | Gujarati people |
Hazarajat
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Hazarajat | Hazaragi | Hazaras |
Hindustani Belt
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Hindi Belt | Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) | Hindustani people |
Subregions
Awadh
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Awadh | Awadhi dialect | Awadhis |
Bagar
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Bagar | Bagri dialect | Bagri people |
Bagelkhand
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Bagelkhand | Bagheli dialect | Bagheli people |
Bhojpur-Purvanchal
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Bhojpur-Purvanchal | Bhojpuri dialect | Bhojpuri people |
Braj
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Braj | Braj Bhasha dialect | Braji people |
Bundelkhand
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Bundelkhand | Bundeli dialect | Bundeli people |
Chhattisgarh
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Chhattisgarh | Chhattisgarhi dialect | Chhattisgarhi people |
Chota Nagpur
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Chota Nagpur | Sadri (Nagpuri) dialect, Khortha, Kurmali | Sadan people, Nagpuria people |
Dhundhar
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Dhundhar | Dhundari dialect | Dhundari people |
Hadoti
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Hadoti | Harauti dialect | Hadauti people |
Haryana
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Haryana | Haryanvi dialect | Haryanvi people |
Kannauj
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Kannauj | Kannauji dialect | Kannauji people |
Magadha
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Magadha | Magahi dialect | Magahi people |
Malwa
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Malwa | Malvi dialect | Malvi people |
Marwar
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Marwar | Marwari dialect | Marwari people |
Mewar
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Mewar | Mewari dialect | Mewari people |
Mewat
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Mewat | Mewati dialect | Mewati people |
Nimar
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Nimar | Nimadi dialect | Nimadi people |
Rohilkhand
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Rohilkhand | Rohilkhandi dialect | Rohilkhandi people |
Shekhawati
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Shekhawati | Shekhawati dialect | Shekhawati people |
Tharparkar
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Tharparkar | Dhatki dialect | Dhatki (Thari) people |
Indus Kohistan
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Indus Kohistan (Abasin Kohistan) | Indus Kohistani (Maiyã, Shuthun, Abasin Kohistani) | Kohistani people |
Jammu
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Jammu | Dogri | Dogra |
Kalasha Desh
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Kalasha Desh | Kalasha-mun | Kalash people |
Karnataka
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Karnataka | Kannada | Kannada people |
Kashmir
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Kashmir | Kashmiri | Kashmiris |
Kerala
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Kerala | Malayalam | Malayali |
Konkan
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Konkan/Goa | Konkani | Konkani people |
Kumaon
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Kumaon | Kumaoni | Kumaoni people |
Kutch (Kachchh)
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Kutch (Kachchh) | Kutchi | Kutchi people |
Ladakh
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Ladakh | Ladakhi | Ladakhi people |
Maharashtra
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Maharashtra | Marathi | Marathi people |
Mithila
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Mithila | Maithili | Maithils |
Subregions
Bajjikanchal
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
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Kosi—Seemanchal
Subregion | Dialect | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Kosi—Seemanchal | Thēthi dialect |
Nuristan
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Nuristan | Nuristani | Nuristanis |
Odisha
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Odisha | Odia | Odia people |
Pashtunistan (Pakhtunkhwa)
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Pashtunistan (Pakhtunkhwa) | Pashto | Pashtuns (Pathanis) |
Punjab
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Punjab | Punjabi and Punjabi dialects | Punjabis |
Sindh
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Sindh | Sindhi | Sindhis |
Sinhala
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Sinhala (all regions of Sri Lanka except the North and part of the East) |
Sinhalese | Sinhalese people |
Tamil Nadu
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Tamil Nadu, India and Northern Province, Sri Lanka | Tamil | Tamils |
Telugu
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | Telugu | Telugu people |
Tulu Nadu (Tulu Nad)
Region | Language | Ethnolinguistic group |
---|---|---|
Tulu Nadu | Tulu | Tulu people |
See also
References
- ↑ "World Population Prospects, the 2010 Revision". 2013-04-04. http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Excel-Data/population.htm.
- ↑ "freedom@70: Seven decades after Independence, many small languages in India face extinction threat - The Economic Times". 2019-06-04. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/seven-decades-after-independence-many-small-languages-in-india-facing-extinction-threat/articleshow/60038323.cms.
Works cited
- Abhishek Kashyap (2014). "On the linguistic resources of Bajjika". In Vibha Chauhan. The People's Linguistic Survey of India. 6: The Languages of Bihar. Orient Blackswan. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259569719.
- 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=0-pIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT158.