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In foreign language teaching at Chinese universities,less commonly taught languages refer to those languages that are not widely used in international communication.They cover all the languages apart from English,Russia,German,French,Spanish,Japanese and Arabic.Those languages were seldom taught in Chinese universities in the past,therefore they are called less commonly taught foreign languages.South Asian languages belong to the group of less commonly taught languages.In China,teaching and research of South Asian languages and cultures includes undergraduate teaching of Sanskrit and Pali,Hindi,Urdu,Bangali,Tamil,Nepali,Sanhali;course teaching of Sanskrit,Khotanese,Pahlavi,and mid-ancient Farsi;and postgraduate training on ancient Indian language and literature,Sino-India comparative culture studies,Indian religions and culture,Buddhism literature and culture studies,ancient Silk Road civilization,South Asian Islamic Studies,Hindi language and literature,Urdu language and literature and Indian English literature.