Home›Indo-Aryan Languages›Region›AsiaBrowse ByAsiaRegion names the place where a language first took shape. Wikipedia notes that Spanish "originated in the Kingdom of Castile, a historical kingdom in north-central Spain," long before it spread across the Americas. This dimension shows which regions have given the world their own home-grown languages.FactsAsiaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested800 1AsiaFilter Results14 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllBengali-Assamese languages (1)Indo-Aryan (5)Indo-European (8)Indo-Iranian (6)Speaker Count BandAll0 to 400,000 (1)16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (5)430,000 to 5,500,000 (1)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (2)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (5)Official StatusAllOfficial Language (12)Recognized Regional or Minority Language (1)StatusAllClassical (No Native Speakers) (1)Living (13)Script UsedAllArabic Script (2)Bengali-Assamese Script (2)Brahmi (1)Devanagari (7)Gujarati Script (1)Odia Script (1)Sinhala Script (1)Thaana Script (1)Language KindAllExtinct (1)Safe (12)TonalAllNot Tonal (4)Word OrderAllSOV (8)Period Start YearAll-1500 (1)-300 (1)101 (1)301 (1)701 (1)739 (1)782 (1)801 (1)981 (1)1051 (1)1195 (1)1501 (1)Descends FromAllAwadhi (1)Braj Bhasha (1)Haryanvi (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 14AssameseAsiaBengaliAsiaBhojpuriAsiaGujaratiAsiaHindiAsiaKonkaniAsiaMaldivianAsiaMarathiAsiaNepaliAsiaOdiaAsiaSanskritAsiaSindhiAsiaSinhalaAsiaUrduAsiaSources1. 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.