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Languages of Asia

Okay kiddo, so there are lots of different languages that people speak in Asia, which is a big continent with lots of different countries. Some of the most common languages include Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, and Japanese.

Now, you might be wondering why there are so many different languages in Asia. Well, the answer is that different groups of people have lived in Asia for a very long time, and they each developed their own languages over time.

For example, Mandarin Chinese is one of the oldest languages in the world, and it's spoken by more than a billion people in China. Hindi is another really old language that's spoken in India by millions of people. Arabic is a language that's spoken in many Middle Eastern countries, and it's also the language of the Quran - which is the holy book of Islam.

But even though there are all these different languages in Asia, sometimes people can still understand each other. This is because some words are similar between different languages, and sometimes people will even use words from other languages in their own.

So, that's a quick explanation of the languages of Asia! There are lots of different ones, but they all help people communicate with each other in their own unique way.