Home›Indo-Aryan Languages›Word Order›SOVBrowse BySOVFactsSOVSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested800 1SOVFilter Results14 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllBengali-Assamese languages (1)Indo-Aryan (5)Indo-European (8)Indo-Iranian (6)RegionAllAfrica (1)Asia (14)Bengal (1)East Asia (1)Northeast India (1)South Asia (2)Southeast Asia (1)Terai (2)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)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 14AssameseSOVBengaliSOVBhojpuriSOVGujaratiSOVHindiSOVKonkaniSOVMaldivianSOVMarathiSOVNepaliSOVOdiaSOVSanskritSOVSindhiSOVSinhalaSOVUrduSOVSources1. 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.