Home›Indo-Aryan Languages›Learner Difficulty›Category IVBrowse ByCategory IVFactsCategory IVSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested800 1Category IVFilter Results5 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllIndo-Aryan (1)Indo-European (4)Indo-Iranian (1)RegionAllAsia (5)Bengal (1)South Asia (1)Terai (1)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (2)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (3)Official StatusAllOfficial Language (5)StatusAllLiving (5)Script UsedAllArabic Script (1)Bengali-Assamese Script (1)Devanagari (2)Sinhala Script (1)Language KindAllSafe (5)TonalAllNot Tonal (3)Word OrderAllSOV (4)Period Start YearAll301 (1)782 (1)801 (1)981 (1)Descends FromAllAwadhi (1)Braj Bhasha (1)Haryanvi (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5BengaliCategory IVHindiCategory IVNepaliCategory IVSinhalaCategory IVUrduCategory IVSources1. 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.