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Language Families

Central AsiaCultural

The predominant language families of Central Asia. Language families are groups of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language.

nature

Language family distribution: Afro-Asiatic (purple) is in North Africa. Indo-European (blue) is in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Sino-Tibetan languages (brown) dominate China. Niger-Congo languages (dark purple) cover sub-Saharan Africa.

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Language Families

Agricultural Density

Land Cover

Mongolian

Azeri

Karakalpak

Kazakh

Kyrgyz

Turkmen

Uyghur

Uzbek

Baluchi

Mountain Tajik (8 separate languages)

Pashtun

Russian

Tajik and Dari (Persian)

Other and uninhabited

Mandarin Chinese

Tibetan

Class

Rank

Farmers per square kilometer

Evergreen forest

Deciduous forest

Mixed forest

Shrublands

Savannas

Grasslands

Permanent wetlands

Urban and built-up

Cropland and natural vegetation

Snow and ice

Barren or sparsely vegetated

58.3%3.15%8.37%1.30%
17.6%20.2%80.1%
4.07%79.3%65.6%44.0%12.9%10.8%23.3%42.4%14.3%37.0%4.51%9.88%64.2%5.91%6.24%15.0%
19.3%1.10%5.87%1.78%9.71%6.94%71.7%2.02%5.50%3.18%37.4%1.41%1.23%19.4%
5.33%24.7%1.98%7.05%20.2%36.3%1.79%1.31%7.96%
11.4%7.36%16.1%11.7%19.9%9.42%1.68%56.1%7.67%4.38%
40.9%10.7%14.6%26.6%22.6%5.24%1.36%5.92%1.48%6.93%
67.6%12.2%1.77%92.7%86.4%
8.46%3.07%1.96%15.0%5.22%10.1%1.60%8.58%3.35%1.46%
3.30%5.27%6.60%8.43%2.45%6.36%58.4%3.18%2.25%
31.5%3.03%18.2%2.24%7.78%
2.06%6.17%2.12%27.6%4.70%84.6%
29.9%1.30%23.1%33.6%9.95%1.49%12.9%39.9%
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