Home›Indo-Aryan Languages›Language Kind›SafeBrowse BySafeLanguage kind sorts languages by how vital they are, on a scale from Safe through Vulnerable, Definitely Endangered, Severely Endangered and Critically Endangered to Extinct. This dimension groups languages that share the same vitality status, so a reader can see which languages are still passed to children and which have lost their last speakers.FactsSafeSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested800 1SafeFilter Results14 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllBengali-Assamese languages (1)Indo-Aryan (5)Indo-European (8)Indo-Iranian (6)RegionAllEastern India (1)India (1)Maldives and Minicoy Island (Lakshadweep, India) (1)Nepal (1)Sindh and surrounding areas (1)Sri Lanka (1)West Punjab, Hazara, Azad Kashmir (1)StatusAllLiving (14)Speaker Count BandAll504829.000000 (1)7100000.000000 (1)15000000.000000 (1)18000000.000000 (1)19000000.000000 (1)34000000.000000 (1)37000000.000000 (1)52000000.000000 (1)62000000.000000 (1)99000000.000000 (1)118000000.000000 (1)237000000.000000 (1)246000000.000000 (1)345000000.000000 (1)Script UsedAllArabic Script (4)Bengali-Assamese Script (2)Devanagari (5)Gujarati Script (1)Latin Script (1)Odia Script (1)Sinhala Script (1)Thaana Script (1)Period Start YearAll-300 (1)301 (1)701 (2)739 (1)782 (1)801 (1)981 (1)1195 (1)1501 (1)Descends FromAllAwadhi (1)Braj Bhasha (1)Haryanvi (1)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (1)Official Language (11)Recognized Regional or Minority Language (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 14AssameseSafeBengaliSafeBhojpuriSafeGujaratiSafeHindiSafeKashmiriSafeMaldivianSafeMarathiSafeNepaliSafeOdiaSafeSindhiSafeSinhalaSafeUrduSafeWestern PunjabiSafeSources1. 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.