Home›Languages›Period Start Year›8th centuryBrowse By8th centuryPeriod start year places a language in the period when it took recognizable written form. Wikipedia notes that "the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo, a prominent city of the Kingdom of Castile, in the 13th century." Browsing by period start year traces how long a language has actually existed in writing.8th centuryComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)8th centuryFilter Results9 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllGermanic (3)Indo-Aryan (2)Indo-European (5)Indo-Iranian (2)RegionAllSindh and surrounding areas (1)United Kingdom (Wales, England), Argentina (Chubut Province) (1)StatusAllExtinct (1)Living (8)Speaker Count BandAll0.000000 (1)538300.000000 (1)5500000.000000 (1)7100000.000000 (1)37000000.000000 (1)99000000.000000 (1)135000000.000000 (1)237000000.000000 (1)560000000.000000 (1)Script UsedAllArabic Script (2)Bengali-Assamese Script (1)Devanagari (2)Latin Script (6)Runic Alphabet (Elder Futhark) (1)Younger Futhark (1)Descends FromAllAndalusian Spanish (1)Austrian German (1)Bavarian German (1)Canarian Spanish (1)Caribbean Spanish (1)Chilean Spanish (1)Colombian Spanish (1)Mexican Spanish (1)Peruvian Spanish (1)Rioplatense Spanish (1)Swabian German (1)Swiss German (1)Upper Saxon German (1)Venezuelan Spanish (1)Language KindAllExtinct (1)Safe (7)Vulnerable (1)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (1)No Official Status (1)Official Language (7)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9Bengali8th centuryDanish8th centuryGerman8th centuryKashmiri8th centuryMarathi8th centuryOld Norse8th centurySindhi8th centurySpanish8th centuryWelsh8th centuryComments (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.