Home›New Guinea and Pacific Language Families›Region›AsiaBrowse ByAsiaRegion names where a language family is spoken today, which can be far wider than where it began. Wikipedia notes several Indo-European languages "have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across Africa, Americas, Oceania and North Asia." This dimension shows the present-day reach of a family rather than only its point of origin.FactsAsiaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested840 1AsiaFilter Results103 entriesMacro-areaAllAustronesian (Oceanic) Languages (66)Austronesian: Oceanic and Eastern Indonesia (7)Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia (59)New Guinea and Pacific Language Isolates and Small Families (17)New Guinea and Pacific Sign Languages (1)Trans-New Guinea Languages (11)West Papuan Language Phylum (8)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllAustronesian (2)Celebic languages (1)Central Philippine languages (2)Formosan (2)Malayo-Polynesian (4)Western Malayo-Polynesian languages (1)Speaker Count BandAll1 to 570 (5)24,600 to 795,000 (6)592 to 23,000 (10)798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (10)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (40)Classification StatusAllEstablished (64)Number of LanguagesAll1 (11)2 (8)16 to 1,408 (20)3 to 5 (13)6 to 15 (23)In GroupAllAustronesian: Oceanic and Eastern Indonesia (7)Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia (59)New Guinea and Pacific Language Isolates and Small Families (17)New Guinea and Pacific Sign Languages (1)Trans-New Guinea Languages (11)West Papuan Language Phylum (8)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50AbinomnAsiaAbunAsiaAlor-Pantar languagesAsiaAru languagesAsiaAtayalic languagesAsiaAustronesianAsiaAustronesian-Ongan languagesAsiaBabar languagesAsiaBaliem Valley languagesAsiaBali-Sasak-Sumbawa languagesAsiaBaritoAsiaBatakAsiaBatanic languagesAsiaBayono-Awbono languagesAsiaBikolAsiaBisayanAsiaBorderAsiaBulaka RiverAsiaBungku-Tolaki languagesAsiaBurmesoAsiaCelebic languagesAsiaCenderawasih languagesAsiaCentral Flores languagesAsiaCentral Luzon languagesAsiaCentral Malayo-Polynesian languagesAsiaCentral Maluku languagesAsiaCentral Philippine languagesAsiaChamicAsiaDanao languagesAsiaDemta-SentaniAsiaDusunic languagesAsiaEast Barito languagesAsiaEast Formosan languagesAsiaEast Geelvink BayAsiaFlores-Lembata languagesAsiaFormosanAsiaGorontalo-Mongondow languagesAsiaGreater Central Philippine languagesAsiaGreater North Borneo languagesAsiaHatam-MansimAsiaIbanic languagesAsiaInanwatan-DuriankereAsiaIsirawaAsiaKaili-Pamona languagesAsiaKalamian languagesAsiaLakes PlainAsiaLand Dayak languagesAsiaLower Mamberamo languagesAsiaMahakam languagesAsiaMairasiAsiaShowing 1 to 50 of 103, page 1 of 3.123Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Languages Of Papua New GuineaWikimedia FoundationLead section (Papua New Guinea, the macroarea's linguistic core)Quote, Lead section (Papua New Guinea, the macroarea's linguistic core)Ethnologue, among other sources, state that there are 840 living languages spoken in the country, although estimates vary due to the distinction between a language and a dialect.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.