Editing Languages of Asia (section)

===Indo-European===
{{Main|Indo-European languages}}
The [[Indo-European languages]] are primarily represented in Asia by the [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian branch]], with its two main subgroups: [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] and [[Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]].

Indo-Aryan languages are mainly spoken in South Asia. Examples include languages such as [[Hindustani language|Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu)]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]],  [[Sylheti language|Sylheti]] etc.<!--this is deliberately a very short list: includes only languages with > 50 million speakers-->)

[[Iranian languages|Iranic]] languages are mainly spoken in [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pakistan]] and neighboring regions. Examples include languages like [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Kurdish languages|Kurdish]], [[Pashto]] and [[Balochi language|Balochi]] which are spoken in

In addition, other branches of Indo-European spoken in Asia include the [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] branch, which includes [[Russian language|Russian]] in [[Siberia]]; [[Greek language|Greek]] around the [[Black Sea]]; and [[Armenian language|Armenian]]; as well as extinct languages such as [[Hittite language|Hittite]] of Anatolia and [[Tocharian language|Tocharian]] of (Chinese) Turkestan.