Ethnic groups in South Asia are

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groupings within the diverse populations of

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, including the countries of

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

, and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

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is variously considered to be a part of both

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and South Asia, which means

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are not always included among South Asians, but when they are, South Asia has a total population of about 2.04 billion. The majority of the population fall within three large linguistic groups: Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, and

Iranic Iranian peoples, or Iranic peoples, are the collective ethnolinguistic groups who are identified chiefly by their native usage of any of the Iranian languages, which are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages within the Indo-European langu ...

. These groups are also further subdivided into numerous sub-groups, castes and tribes. Indo-Aryans form the predominant ethnolinguistic group in India (

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East India East India is a region consisting of the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal and also the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The states of Bihar and West Bengal lie on the Indo-Gangetic plain. Jharkhan ...

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, and

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), Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Dravidians form the predominant ethnolinguistic group in

southern India South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of ...

, the northern and eastern regions of Sri Lanka and a small pocket of Pakistan. The Iranic peoples also have a significant presence in South Asia, the large majority of whom are located in Afghanistan and the northwestern and western parts of Pakistan. Minority groups not falling within either large group mostly speak languages belonging to the

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and Tibeto-Burman language families, and largely live around

Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...

and

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, Nepal, Bhutan, and the

Chittagong Hill Tracts The Chittagong Hill Tracts (), often shortened to simply the Hill Tracts and abbreviated to CHT, refers to the three hilly districts within the Chittagong Division in southeastern Bangladesh, bordering India and Myanmar (Burma) in the east: Kh ...

of Bangladesh. The

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(Sentinel, Onge, Jarawa, and Great Andamanese) live in some of the Andaman Islands and speak a

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, as do the Kusunda in central Nepal, the

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in Sri Lanka, and the Nihali of Central India, who number about 5,000 people. The people of the Hunza Valley in Pakistan are another distinct population; they speak

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, a language isolate. The traditions of different ethnic groups in South Asia have diverged, influenced by external cultures, especially in the northwestern parts of South Asia and also in the border regions and busy ports, where there are greater levels of contact with external cultures. There is also a lot of genetic diversity within the region. For example, most of the ethnic groups of the northeastern parts of South Asia are genetically related to peoples of

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. There are also genetically isolated groups who have not been genetically influenced by other groups, such as the Jarawa people of the

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. The largest ethnolinguistic group in South Asia are the Indo-Aryans, numbering around 1 billion, and the largest subgroup are the native speakers of

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, numbering more than 470 million. These groups are based solely on a linguistic basis and not on a genetic basis.

List of ethnic groups on the basis of language

Andamanese groups

* Great Andamanese * Jangil * Jarawa * Onge *

Sentinelese The Sentinelese, also known as the Sentineli and the North Sentinel Islanders, are Indigenous people who inhabit North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal in the northeastern Indian Ocean. Designated a particularly vulnerable tribal group a ...

Austroasiatic people

Khasi people The Khasi people are an Austroasiatic languages, Austroasiatic Ethnicity, ethnic group of Meghalaya in north-eastern India with a significant population in the bordering state of Assam and in certain parts of Bangladesh. Khasi people form the ...

** Pnar/Jaintia * Munda peoples **

Bhumij people Bhumij (also transliterated as Bhumuj) is a Munda peoples, Munda ethnic group of India. They primarily live in the Indian States and territories of India, states of West Bengal, Odisha, Assam and Jharkhand, mostly in the old Singhbhum district a ...

** Bonda people ** Ho people ** Juang people **

Kharia people The Kharia are an Austroasiatic tribal ethnic group from east-central India. They speak the Kharia language, which belongs to Munda branch of Austroasiatic languages. They are sub-divided into three groups known as the Hill Kharia, Delki Kh ...

** Korku people ** Mahle people **

Mundari people The Mundari are a small ethnic group of South Sudan. They are a part of the Karo people, one of the Nilotic people, Karo ethnic groups. The group is composed of cattle-herders and Agriculturist, agriculturalists and are part of Karo people wh ...

Santali people The Santal (or Santhal) are an Austroasiatic-speaking Munda ethnic group of the Indian subcontinent. Santals are the largest tribe in the Jharkhand and West Bengal in terms of population and are also found in the states of Odisha, Bihar, Assam ...

** Sora people * Nicobarese people * Shompen people

Austronesian people

Sri Lankan Malays Sri Lankan Malays ( ''Shri Lanka Mæle Janathava'' (Standard); ''Mæle Minissu / Ja Minissu'' (Colloquially); ), historically known as Ceylon Malays, are Sri Lankan citizens with full or partial ancestry from the Indonesian Archipelago, Malays ...

Dravidian people

* Badagas *

Brahui people The Brahui (), Brahvi, or Brohi are an ethnolinguistic group of pastoralists principally found in Pakistan, and to a smaller extent in Afghanistan and Iran. They speak Brahui language, Brahui, which belongs to the Dravidian languages, Dravidia ...

Gondi people The Gondi (Gōṇḍī) or Gond people, who refer to themselves as "Kōītōr" (Kōī, Kōītōr), are an ethnolinguistic group in India. Their native language, Gondi language, Gondi, belongs to the Dravidian languages, Dravidian family. They ...

* Irulas *

Kannadigas The Kannadigas or Kannadigaru (), often referred to as Kannada people, are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group who natively speak Kannada, primarily in the south Indian state of Karnataka and its surrounding regions. The Kannada language belongs ...

* Khond people * Kodava * Kurukh/Oraon *

Malayali The Malayali people (; also spelt Malayalee and sometimes known by the demonym Keralite) are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group originating from the present-day state of Kerala and Union Territory of Lakshadweep in India, occupying its south ...

* Malto people ** Sauria Paharia people *

Tamil people The Tamils ( ), also known by their endonym Tamilar, are a Dravidian ethnic group who natively speak the Tamil language and trace their ancestry mainly to the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. The Tamil language is one of the longe ...

** Indian Tamils ***

Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka are Tamils, Tamil people of Indian origin in Sri Lanka. They are also known as Malayaga Tamilar, Hill Country Tamils, Up-Country Tamils or simply Indian Tamils. They predominantly descend from workers sent during the Br ...

Sri Lankan Tamils Sri Lankan Tamils ( or ), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Northern Province, form the pluralit ...

Telugu people Telugu people (), also called Āndhras, are an Ethnolinguistic group, ethno-linguistic group who speak the Telugu language, Telugu language and are native to the India, Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Yanam district of Puducher ...

Toda people The Toda people are a Dravidian people, Dravidian ethnic group who live in the states and union territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. Before the 18th century and British colonisation, the Toda coexisted locally with other ...

Tulu people The Tulu people or Tuluvas are an ethno-linguistic and ethno-cultural group from Southern India. They are native speakers of the Tulu language and the region they traditionally inhabit is known as Tulu Nadu. This region comprises the districts ...

Indo-Aryan people

Assamese people The Assamese people are a socio- ethnic linguistic identity that has been described at various times as nationalistic or micro-nationalistic. This group is often associated with the Assamese language, the easternmost Indo-Aryan language, an ...

Awadhi people The Awadhi people or Awadhis (Devanagari: अवधी, Kaithi: 𑂃𑂫𑂡𑂲, Perso-Arabic: ) are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group who speak the Awadhi language and reside in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh. Many Awadhis also migrate ...

* Banjara people * Bhojpuri people *

Bengali people Bengalis ( ), also rendered as endonym Bangalee, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of South Asia. The current population is divided between the sovereign country Bangl ...

* Bhil people * Brokpa people * Chitrali people * Chittagonian people * Deccani people * Dhivehi people * Dogra people *

Garhwali people The Garhwali people are an Indian ethnolinguistic group native to the Garhwal division, Garhwal, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, who speak Garhwali language, Garhwali, an Indo-Aryan language. Etymology In modern usage, "Garhwali" is used ...

Gujarati people The Gujarati people, or Gujaratis, are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who reside in or can trace their ancestry or heritage to a region of the Indian subcontinent primarily centered in the present-day western Indian sta ...

* Haryanvi people * Indus Kohistani people *

Kalash people The Kalash (), or Kalasha, are a small Indo-Aryan indigenous people residing in the Chitral District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The term is also used to refer to several distinct Nuristani speaking people, including th ...

* Kamrupi people *

Kashmiri people Kashmiris () also known as Koshurs are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group speaking the Kashmiri language and originating from the Kashmir Valley, which is today located in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. History The earliest ...

Khas people Khas peoples or Khas Tribes, (; ) popularly known as Khashiya are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, in what is now the South Asian country of Nepal, as well as the Indian stat ...

* Kho people *

Konkani people The Konkani people are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the Konkan region of the Indian subcontinent. They speak various dialects of the Konkani language. Following the Konkani language agitation, Konkani becam ...

* Kumaoni people * Kutchi people * Maithili people * Maldivian people *

Marathi people The Marathi people (; Marathi language, Marathi: , ''Marāṭhī lōk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''Marāṭhī'') are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They ...

* Magahi people * Meena people * Nagpuria people *

Odia people The Odia (), formerly spelled Oriya, are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the Indian state of Odisha who speak the Odia language. They constitute a majority in the eastern coastal state, with significant min ...

* Pahari people (Kashmir) * Pahari people (Nepal) *

Parsi people The Parsis or Parsees () are a Zoroastrian ethnic group in the Indian subcontinent. They are descended from Persian refugees who migrated to the Indian subcontinent during and after the Arab-Islamic conquest of Iran in the 7th century, w ...

Punjabi people The Punjabis (Punjabi language, Punjabi: ; ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ; romanised as Pañjābī) are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group associated with the Punjab region, comprising areas of northwestern India and eastern Paki ...

** Hindkowans * Rajbongshi people *

Rajasthani people Rajasthani people or Rajasthanis are a group of Indo-Aryan peoples native to Rajasthan ("the land of kings"), a states of India, state in Northern India. Their language, Rajasthani language, Rajasthani, is a part of the western group of Indo-Ar ...

** Marwaris *

Rohingya people The Rohingya people (; ; ) are a stateless nation, stateless Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who predominantly follow Islam from Rakhine State, Myanmar. Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Ban ...

Sindhi people Sindhis are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan Ethnicity, ethnic group originating from and native to Sindh, a region of Pakistan, who share a common Sindhi culture, History of Sindh, history, #History, ancestry, and Sindhi language, langua ...

Memons The Memon are a Muslim community in Gujarat India, and Sindh, Pakistan, the majority of whom follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. They are divided into different groups based on their origins: Memons (Kathiawar), Kathiawari Memons, Kutchi Me ...

* Saraiki people * Saurashtra people * Sinhalese people * Shina people * Sylheti people * Tirahi, Tirahi people * Tharu people * Torwali people

Iranic people

* Baloch people * Hazara people * Irani (India), Irani people * Pashtun people ** Rohilla, Rohilla people * Tajiks of Pakistan * Wakhi people * Yidgha-Munji people

Nuristani people

* Nuristani people ** Kata people ** Kom people (Afghanistan), Kom people ** Mumo, Mumo people

Semitic people

* Arabs or Jews and mixed ** Arab (Gujarat), Arabs in Gujarat ** Sri Lankan Moors (trace ancestry to Arab traders who settled in Sri Lanka and native Tamil women) ** Iraqi biradri - a community of Muslims in north India (trace ancestry from Arab tribe of Bani Tamim) ** Labbay Arab traders who settled in South India ** Konkani Muslims trace their ancestry to Arab traders. ** Mappila Muslims trace their ancestry to Arab traders. ** Chaush trace ancestors to traders from Yemen. ** Syrian Malabar Nasranis , Nasrani Mapilla who trace their origins to Jewish traders ** Knanaya Syriac Christians who trace their origins to Mesopotamia ** Thangal * Indian Jews ** Cochin Jews (Malayali Jews) ** Bene Israel (Marathi Jews) ** Baghdadi Jews (Arab Jews in Bengal) ** Bnei Menashe (Mizo people, Mizo and Kuki peoples, Kuki Jews) ** Bene Ephraim (Telugu Jews) ** Paradesi Jews (European Jews in India)

Tai people

* Ahom people * Tai Aiton people, Tai Aiton * Tai Phake people, Tai Phake or Tai Phakial

Tibeto-Burman people

* Bodo–Kachari people ** Bodo people, Bodo ** Dimasa people, Dimasa ** Garo people, Garo ** Hajong people, Hajong ** Sonowal Kacharis, Sonowal ** Sutiya people, Sutiya * Chakma people * Chepang people, Chepang * Gurung * Khowa people, Khowa * Kirati people ** Rai (ethnic group), Rai ** Limbu people, Limbu ** Yakkha people, Yakkha ** Sunuwar people, Sunuwar ** Jirel people, Jirel ** Hayu people, Hayu ** Dhimal * Lepcha people * Magar people * Memba * Meitei people (Manipuri people) * Naga people ** Anāl people ** Angami Naga *** Southern Angami ** Ao Naga ** Chakhesang Naga ** Chang Naga ** Chiru Naga ** Chothe people ** Khiamniungan people, Khiamniungan Naga ** Konyak Naga ** Lainong Naga ** Lamkang people ** Lotha Naga ** Mao people ** Maram people ** Maring people ** Monsang people ** Moyon Naga people, Moyon Naga ** Nocte people, Nocte Naga ** Para Naga ** Poumai people ** Phom Naga ** Pochury Naga ** Rengma Naga ** Sangtam Naga ** Sümi Naga ** Tangkhul people ** Tangsa Naga ** Tarao people ** Thangal people ** Tikhir Naga ** Tutsa Naga ** Wancho Naga ** Yimkhiung Naga *** Chirr Naga *** Makury Naga ** Zeliangrong *** Inpui people *** Liangmai people *** Rongmei people *** Zeme people, Zeme Naga * Newar people * Nishi (tribe), Nishi * Rakhine people, Rakhine * Tamang people, Tamang * Thakali people, Thakali * Tibetans and Standard Tibetan, Tibetan-speaking peoples ** Ladakh#Demographics, Tibetan Ladakhis ** Uttarakhandi Bhotiya ** Sikkimese people *** Bhutias ** Monpa people, Monpa *** Takpa *** Tshangla ** Sherpas ** Bhotiyas ** Sherdukpen ** Aka (tribe), Aka ** Miji people, Miji ** Tibetan Muslim *** Purigpa, Burig *** Balti people, Baltis * Tripuri people, Tripuri * Karbi people or Mikir * Thami * Zo people ** Bawm people ** Chin people, Chin ** Kuki people, Kuki *** Halam tribe, Halam *** Hrangkhol people, Hrangkhol ** Mizo people, Mizo

Turkic people

* Turks in India * Rowther are alleged descendants of Seljuk Empire, Seljuk Turks in Turco-Persian tradition, Turko-Persian tradition. They have since become the tradition of Turko-Indian in 12th Century. * Mughal (tribe), Mughal (Moghul) (A Sunni Islamic dynasty of Asia which originated in Central Asia) ** Chughtai Tartars (Those people who originated in Uzbekistan and fought for Chagatai Khan who was son of Genghis Khan). ** Barlas (A Turkification, Turkified Mongol tribe to which Babur belonged) ** Changezi (Those who were in army of Hulagu Khan) * Turkic people in Pakistan ** Kyrgyz in Pakistan ** Turkmen in Pakistan ** Uyghurs in Pakistan ** Uzbeks in Pakistan

Linguistic isolate groups

* Hunza people * Kusunda * Nihali language, Nahali *

Afro-Asian groups

* Chaush * Sheedi, Sheedis/Siddis, an ethnic community of Black African descent, found primarily in Pakistan, Gujarat, and Karnataka. * Sri Lanka Kaffir people, Sri Lanka Kaffirs

European and Eurasian people

* Anglo-Burmese * Anglo-Indian * Armenians in Bangladesh, Bangladeshi-Armenians * Burgher people * French people in India, French-Indian * Luso-Indian

East Asian people

* Chinese diaspora in South Asia ** Chinese people in Bangladesh, Bangladeshi Chinese ** Chinese community in India, Indian Chinese ** Chinese people in Pakistan, Pakistani Chinese ** Chinese people in Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Chinese

Diaspora

Many South Asian ethnic groups and nationalities have substantial diasporas. * South Asian American ** Bangladeshi American ** Bengali American ** Gujarati Americans, Gujarati American ** Indian American *** Indo-Caribbean American *** Indo-Fijian#Diaspora, Indo-Fijian American ** Nepalese American ** Afghan Americans ** Bhutanese Americans ** Maldivian Americans ** Pakistani American ** Punjabi American ** Sindhi Americans, Sindhi American ** Sri Lankan American ** Tamil American ** Telugu Americans, Telugu American * South Asian Canadian ** Bangladeshi Canadian ** Indo-Canadian ** Nepalese Canadian ** Pakistani Canadian ** Afghan Canadian ** Sri Lankan Canadian ** Tamil Canadian * British South Asian ** British Bangladeshi ** British Indian *** British Indo-Caribbean people ** British Nepalese ** British Pakistani ** British Afghans ** British Tamil ** Sri Lankans in the United Kingdom ** Mauritians in the United Kingdom ** Asian-Scots * South Asian Australian ** Bangladeshi Australian ** Indian Australian ** Nepalese Australian ** Pakistani Australian ** Sri Lankan Australian * Indian New Zealanders * Malaysian Indian ** Tamil Malaysians ** Chitty * Indians in Singapore * Nepalis in Singapore * Nepalese people in Malaysia * Indian Indonesian * Indo-Mauritian ** Bihari Mauritian * Indo-Caribbean ** Indians in Barbados ** Indians in Belize ** Indians in the Dominican Republic ** Indians in French Guiana ** Indo-Grenadians ** Indians in Guadeloupe ** Indo-Guyanese ** Indo-Haitians ** Indo-Jamaican ** Indo-Martiniquais ** Indo-Saint Lucian ** Indo-Surinamese ** Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian ** Indo-Vincentian * Indians in South America ** Indians in Argentina ** Indians in Brazil ** Indians in Panama ** Indians in Venezuela * Burmese Indians * South Asians in Hong Kong * South Asians in the Philippines * South Asians in the Netherlands * Indians in Germany * Nepalis in Germany * Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa ** Indian South Africans *** Tamil South Africans ** Indians in Botswana ** Indians in Kenya ** Indians in Madagascar ** Indo-Mauritian *** Bihari Mauritian ** Indians in Mozambique ** Indo-Réunionnaise ** Indo-Seychellois ** Indians in Tanzania ** Indians in Uganda ** Indians in Zambia ** Indians in Zimbabwe * Indians in Iran * Indians in Thailand * Indians in the United Arab Emirates * Indians in Vietnam * Indians in Panama * Indian diaspora in France * Indians in Israel * Indians in Italy * Indians in Portugal * Indian community in Spain * Indians in Fiji, Indo-Fijian ** South Indians in Fiji * Lhotshampa * Mahajir (Pakistan), Muhajir people See also Bangladeshi diaspora, Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin, Indian diaspora, Non Resident Nepali, Nepalese diaspora, Pakistani diaspora, Afghan diaspora, and .

Ethnolinguistic diasporas

* Bengali diaspora * Bihari diaspora * Gujarati diaspora * Kashmiri diaspora * Malayali diaspora * Maharashtra Mandal, Marathi diaspora * Mizo diaspora * Odia diaspora * Punjabi diaspora * Sindhi diaspora * Tamil diaspora ** Puducherry diaspora ** Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora ** Tamil Nadu diaspora * Telugu diaspora * Sindhi diaspora * South Indian diaspora

Other diasporas

Two (or possibly three) other people groups have ethnic and linguistic ties with the region: * Dom people * Romani people * Lom people (who speak a language both related to Indo-Aryan and Armenian)

References

16. Vij SB, Webb ML. Culturally competent occupational therapy practice for South Asians in the United States of America: A narrative review. Indian J Occup Ther 2022;54:4-9.

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