groups, such as the Jarawa people of the Andaman Islands. The largest ethnolinguistic group in South Asia are the Indo-Aryans, numbering around 1 billion, and the largest sub-group are the native speakers of Hindi languages, 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 of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Jangil of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Jarawa of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Onge of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Sentinelese of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Austroasiatic people Khasi people Pnar/Jaintia Munda peoples Bhumij people Bonda people Ho people Juang people Kharia people Korku people Mahle people Munda people Santali people Sora people Nicobarese people Shompen people Austronesian people Sri Lankan Malays Urak Lawoi Moken Dravidian people Badagas Brahui people Dongria Kondha Gondi people Irulas Kannadigas Khonds Kodava Kurukh/Oraon Malayali Malto people Sauria Paharia people Tamil people Indian Tamils Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Tamils Telugu people Toda people Tuluvas Indo-Aryan people Assamese people Awadhi people Banjara people Bhojpuri people Bengali people Bhil people Chitrali people Deccani people Dhivehi people Dogra people Garhwali people Gujarati people Haryanvi people Kalash people Kamrupi people Kashmiri people Khas people Konkani people Kumaoni people Kutchi people Maithili people Maldivian people Marathi people Magahi people Meena people Muhajir people Nagpuria people Odia people Pahari people Punjabi people Rajasthani people Marwaris Rohingya people Sindhi people Memons Saraiki people Saurashtra people Sinhalese people Shina people Sylheti people Tharu people Iranic people Baloch people Hazara people Irani people Tajik people Pashtun people Rohilla people Nuristani people Nuristani people Kata people Kom people Mumo people Semitic people Arabs or mixed Arab and Indo-Aryan or Dravidian Arabs in Gujarat Sri Lankan Moors (trace ancestry to Arab traders who settled in Sri Lanka) 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. Boras trace ancestors to Arab traders and merchants. Chaush trace ancestors to traders from Yemen. Syrian Malabar Nasranis are descendants of both Brahmin, Nair and Jewish converts to Christianity. (Some mixed later with Persians and Europeans later on) Knanaya Syriac Christians who trace their origins to Mesopotamia Indian