Language in South Asia

The region does not have a lingua franca. However, as much of South Asia was under British rule, English is widely spoken by educated people. Hindi and Urdu are spoken over much of India and Pakistan. As the two languages are mutually intelligible, if you have to learn one before visiting, pick one of these. Read More »

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10425 Water Well, a well in Luna County, New Mexico
Akkara Dahaata in Province of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka
Al Hajj Hamadi al Jasim in Muhafazat Babil, Iraq
Alah in Province of Sultan Kudarat, Soccsksargen, Philippines
Asatef, an astronomical station in Western Sahara
Bald Knob, a mountain in Randolph County, Arkansas
Baseri2 in Baseri, Dhading, Bagmati Zone, Central Region, Nepal
Boloto Pogonya, a marsh in Brestskaya Voblasts', Belarus
Castle Basin, a depression in Carbon County, Wyoming
Chetequera in Cunene Province, Angola
Desa Candirenggo in Central Java, Indonesia
Douar Kraiaia in Wilaya de Mostaganem, Algeria
Hurricane Creek, a stream in Neshoba County, Mississippi
Hwayang-ni in Hwanghae-namdo, North Korea
Kimchukan, a stream in Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Russia
Kiramira, an intermittent stream in iProvense ya Karuzi, Burundi

Kpau in Province Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Laguna La Poledena, a lake in Estado Apure, Venezuela
Liutaizi in Shaanxi Sheng, China
Louisa Island, an island in Ontario
Mahenoro in Ivory Coast
Marbakh al Kiri, a sand area in Al Mintaqah ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia
Pereshchepnoy in Belgorodskaya Oblast', Russia
Pikli Creek, a stream in Upper Demerara-Berbice Region, Guyana
San Felipe in Provincia de Ciego de Avila, Cuba
Shanzdah Mil-e Batvand in Ostan-e Khuzestan, Iran
Shoal Cove, a cove in Newfoundland and Labrador
Thikral in Punjab, Pakistan
Wadi Zarhrouta, a wadi in Homs Governorate, Syria
Wagner Creek, a stream in Missoula County, Montana
Zhupingpu in Hunan Sheng, China

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Language in South Asia is based on South Asia by Globe-trotter, Peter Southwood, Ravikiran Rao, Sergey Kudryavtsev, Denis Yurkin, Burmesedays, Texugo, Inas, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.

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