Home›Iranian Languages›RegionBrowse ByRegionRegion 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.FactsRegionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested200 1RegionFilter Results8 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllEastern Iranian (2)Indo-European (1)Indo-Iranian (7)Iranian (1)Western Iranian (7)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (2)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (6)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (1)Official StatusAllNo Official Status (1)Official Language (3)StatusAllExtinct (3)Liturgical / Learned Use Only (1)Living (7)Script UsedAllArabic Script (6)Avestan Alphabet (1)Cyrillic Script (2)Latin Script (2)Manichaean Alphabet (3)Pahlavi Scripts (1)Sogdian Script (2)Syriac Alphabet (2)Language KindAllExtinct (3)Safe (2)TonalAllNot Tonal (1)Word OrderAllSOV (2)Period Start YearAll-1500 (1)-1000 (2)224 (1)1501 (1)Area (sq km)All190,000 (1)315,331 (1)652,864 (1)881,913 (1)1,648,195 (1)4,000,000 (1)9,572,900 (1)44,579,000 (1)Country CountAll49 (1)Government TypeAllAbsolute Monarchy (1)One-Party (1)Republic (2)Highest Elevation (m)All8849 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (1)Low (1)Lower-Middle (1)Upper-Middle (2)Independence or Founding YearAll1919 (1)1947 (1)1949 (1)1970 (1)1979 (1)LandlockedAllNo (4)Yes (1)PopulationAll5,398,645 (1)34,500,000 (1)35,000,000 (1)82,000,000 (1)92,417,681 (1)241,499,431 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8AfghanistanRegion1 entryAsiaRegion6 entriesCentral AsiaRegion2 entriesChinaRegion1 entryIranRegion1 entryKurdistanRegion1 entryOmanRegion1 entryPakistanRegion1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Iranian Languagestier 2WikipediaInfobox, Speakers fieldQuote, Infobox, Speakers field200 millionView 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.