Home›Indo-Aryan Languages›Official Status›Official LanguageBrowse ByOfficial LanguageOfficial status records whether a government or body has formally recognized a language. Wikipedia notes that Spanish "is the official language of 21 countries, as well as one of the six official languages of the United Nations," a formal standing well beyond how widely it is merely spoken. This dimension separates languages with formal recognition from those spoken without any official status.FactsOfficial LanguageSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested800 1Official LanguageFilter Results12 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllBengali-Assamese languages (1)Indo-Aryan (5)Indo-European (6)Indo-Iranian (6)RegionAllAsia (12)Bengal (1)Northeast India (1)South Asia (1)Terai (1)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (4)430,000 to 5,500,000 (1)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (2)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (5)StatusAllLiving (12)Script UsedAllArabic Script (2)Bengali-Assamese Script (2)Devanagari (5)Gujarati Script (1)Odia Script (1)Sinhala Script (1)Thaana Script (1)Language KindAllSafe (11)TonalAllNot Tonal (4)Word OrderAllSOV (7)Period Start YearAll-300 (1)101 (1)301 (1)701 (1)739 (1)782 (1)801 (1)981 (1)1051 (1)1195 (1)Descends FromAllAwadhi (1)Braj Bhasha (1)Haryanvi (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 12AssameseOfficial LanguageBengaliOfficial LanguageGujaratiOfficial LanguageHindiOfficial LanguageKonkaniOfficial LanguageMaldivianOfficial LanguageMarathiOfficial LanguageNepaliOfficial LanguageOdiaOfficial LanguageSindhiOfficial LanguageSinhalaOfficial LanguageUrduOfficial LanguageSources1. 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.