Ethnologue is the comprehensive reference work that catalogs all the known living languages in the world today. It has been an active research project for more than 60 years. Thousands of linguists and other researchers all over the world rely on and have contributed to the Ethnologue. It is widely regarded to be the most comprehensive listing of information of its kind.Ethnologue is published in three volumes. Each volume is self-contained and can be used independently. This volume catalogs the languages of Asia. It includes: 2,344 language descriptions organized by continent and country 17,383 primary names, alternate names, and dialect names 53 country overviews with graphical language vitality profiles 77 color maps showing location and distribution of languages The individual pictured on the front cover is from Bangladesh; image by Marc Ewell. The fabric wrapping the cover is from Indonesia, SIL International archive. The cover font glyph is Nuosu SIL, the Yi syllable "dux." The font glyph on the back cover is the South Asian SIL Mingzat Lepcha letter "ka."