which of the following is predominantly found in east asia a

which of the following is predominantly found in east asia: a) sino-tibetan, b) altaic, c) dravidian, d) afro-asiatic, e) austronesian

Solution

A) sino-tibetian is not pre-dominantly spoken in east asia as Sino-Tibetan includes Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, and numerous languages of the Tibetan Plateau, southern China, Burma, and North east India.

B)Altaic is pre-dominantly spoken in east asia as a number of smaller, but important language families spread across central and northern Asia have long been linked in an as-yet unproven Altaic family. These are the Turkic languages, Mongolic languages, Tungusic languages (including Manchu), Korean, and Japonic languages.

C)Dravidian is not pre-dominantly spoken in east asia as the Dravidian languages of southern India and parts of Sri Lanka include Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam, while smaller languages such as Gondi and Brahui are spoken in central India and Pakistan respectively.

D)Afro-Asiatic is not pre-dominantly spoken in east asia as the Afroasiatic languages are represented by the Semitic group spoken in Southwest Asia. It includes Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and extinct languages such as Babylonian.

E) Austronesian is is not pre-dominantly spoken in east asia as the Austronesian languages include the languages of the Philippines and most of the languages of Indonesia (excluding inland New Guinea), such as Malay (Indonesian) and Tagalog (Filipino).

SO, option B is the answer.