Home›Iranian 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-attested200 1AsiaFilter Results6 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllIndo-European (2)Indo-Iranian (2)Iranian (1)Western Iranian (3)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (2)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (1)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (1)Official StatusAllNo Official Status (1)Official Language (4)StatusAllExtinct (1)Liturgical / Learned Use Only (1)Living (4)Script UsedAllArabic Script (3)Avestan Alphabet (1)Cyrillic Script (1)Latin Script (1)Manichaean Alphabet (1)Pahlavi Scripts (1)Language KindAllExtinct (2)Safe (3)TonalAllNot Tonal (1)Word OrderAllSOV (2)Period Start YearAll-1500 (1)224 (1)1501 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6AvestanAsiaIranian PersianAsiaKurdishAsiaMiddle PersianAsiaPashtoAsiaTajikAsiaSources1. 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.