Ejectives are found in many languages in Africa, and in North, Central and South America. They are found occasionally in Asia, for example in the Indian sub-continent in one dialect of Gujarati, in Bishnupriya and some East Bengali dialects (Masica 1991: 104). They are also characteristic of the Caucasian languages, such as Georgian and Circassian (Adyghe) (Catford 1977b:70).