Home›Indo-Aryan Languages›Language Family (Classification)Browse ByLanguage Family (Classification)This dimension links a language to the wider family it belongs to. Wikipedia describes Spanish as "a Romance language of the Indo-European language family," placing it inside two nested groupings at once. Browsing by language family gathers languages that share the same distant common ancestor.FactsLanguage Family (Classification)SourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested800 1Language Family (Classification)Filter Results4 entriesRegionAllAfrica (1)Asia (4)Bengal (1)East Asia (1)Europe (2)Kashmir (3)Northeast India (2)Punjab (1)South Asia (1)Southeast Asia (1)Terai (1)Speaker Count BandAll0 to 400,000 (1)16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (3)430,000 to 5,500,000 (2)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (3)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (1)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (2)No Official Status (1)Official Language (4)Recognized Regional or Minority Language (1)StatusAllClassical (No Native Speakers) (1)Living (4)Script UsedAllArabic Script (3)Bengali-Assamese Script (3)Brahmi (1)Devanagari (3)Gujarati Script (1)Latin Script (2)Odia Script (2)Sinhala Script (2)Thaana Script (2)Language KindAllExtinct (1)Safe (4)TonalAllNot Tonal (3)Word OrderAllSOV (3)SVO (2)Period Start YearAll-1500 (1)-500 (1)-300 (2)101 (2)301 (1)701 (2)739 (1)782 (1)801 (2)981 (1)1051 (2)1195 (2)1501 (3)Descends FromAllAwadhi (1)Braj Bhasha (1)Haryanvi (1)Classification ConfidenceAllEstablished (4)Number of LanguagesAll18 (1)219 (1)321 (1)586 (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (3)Speaker CountAll800,000,000 (1)1,700,000,000 (1)3,238,000,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBengali-Assamese languagesLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryIndo-AryanLanguage Family (Classification)7 entriesIndo-EuropeanLanguage Family (Classification)10 entriesIndo-IranianLanguage Family (Classification)8 entriesSources1. Wikipedia: Indo-Aryan Languagestier 2WikipediaLead section, first paragraphQuote, Lead section, first paragraphAs of the early 21st century, there were 800 million speakers, primarily concentrated east of the Indus River in South Asia, spread across Eastern Pakistan, Northern India, southern Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Maldives.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.