South Asian literature refers to the literature that is composed by authors in the Indian subcontinent and its diaspora. It has an extensive history with some of the earliest known pieces of literature. South Asia has many different languages that have been spoken due to its size and how long people have been inhabiting it. This has caused the region to be the most linguistically diverse region in the planet,[1] and as well as having four language families (Dravidian, Indo-European, Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman), hundreds of languages and thousands of dialects.[2] Many modern pieces of South Asian literature are written in English for a global audience. Many of the ancient texts of the subcontinent have been lost due to the inability to preserve verbally transmitted literature. South Asia has many significant authors that shaped the postcolonial period and response to the British establishment in the subcontinent. Modern South Asian literature has a deep focus on independence from Britain, mainly expressed in prose, this literature commonly discusses the partition of India and how different South Asian nations, religions, and cultures interact with each other. Countries to which South Asian literature's writers are linked include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Works from Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet, and the Maldives are sometimes also included.
South Asian literature is written in English as well as the many national and regional languages of the region.
For the literature of South Asian cultures, see:
Bangladeshi literature
Bengali literature
Indian literature
Angika literature
Assamese literature
Bengali literature
Bhojpuri literature
Braj Bhasha literature
Gujarati literature
Hindi literature
Indian English literature
Kannada literature
Kashmiri literature
Konkani literature
Kokborok literature
Malayalam literature
Marathi literature
Mizo literature
Nepali literature
Odia literature
Punjabi literature
Rajasthani literature
Sanskrit literature
Tamil literature
Telugu literature
Urdu literature
Nepali literature
Pakistani literature
Pashto literature
Kashmiri literature
Punjabi literature
Sindhi literature
Urdu literature
Sri Lankan literature
Tamil literature
^"'South Asia most diverse with 650 languages'". The Hindu. 2018-01-08. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
^Nakassis, Constantine & Annamalai, E. (2020). Linguistic Diversity in South Asia, Reconsidered. University of Chicago. pp. 1–21.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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