The languages of Western Asia belong to a variety of language families but share numerous features on account of being in areal contact for many centuries. This

The languages of Western Asia belong to a variety of language families, including Indo-European, Kartvelian, Semitic, and Turkic, but share numerous features on

The languages of Western Asia belong to a variety of language families, including Indo-European, Kartvelian, Semitic, and Turkic, but share numerous features on

With nearly a quarter of the world’s population, members of at least five major language families plus several putative language isolates, South Asia is a fas