Home›Indo-Aryan Languages›Status›LivingBrowse ByLivingStatus records how vital a language currently is, from thriving to endangered or extinct. Wikipedia notes Spanish is "the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese," about as far from endangered as a language can be. This dimension separates languages still growing from those quietly disappearing.FactsLivingSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested800 1LivingFilter Results16 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllBengali-Assamese languages (1)Indo-Aryan (7)Indo-European (8)Indo-Iranian (8)RegionAllAfrica (1)Asia (13)Bengal (1)Europe (1)Kashmir (2)Northeast India (1)Punjab (1)South Asia (1)Terai (2)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (5)430,000 to 5,500,000 (2)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (3)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (6)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (1)Official Language (12)Recognized Regional or Minority Language (1)Script UsedAllArabic Script (4)Bengali-Assamese Script (2)Devanagari (6)Gujarati Script (1)Latin Script (2)Odia Script (1)Sinhala Script (1)Thaana Script (1)Language KindAllSafe (14)TonalAllNot Tonal (5)Word OrderAllSOV (8)SVO (1)Period Start YearAll-300 (1)101 (1)301 (1)701 (2)739 (1)782 (1)801 (1)981 (1)1051 (1)1195 (1)1501 (2)Descends FromAllAwadhi (1)Braj Bhasha (1)Haryanvi (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 16AssameseLivingBengaliLivingBhojpuriLivingGujaratiLivingHindiLivingKashmiriLivingKonkaniLivingMaldivianLivingMarathiLivingNepaliLivingOdiaLivingRomaniLivingSindhiLivingSinhalaLivingUrduLivingWestern PunjabiLivingSources1. 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.