Home›Other Language Families of Asia›Descends FromBrowse ByDescends FromDescends from traces a language back to the earlier language it grew out of. Wikipedia notes that Spanish "evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe," one branch among several that Latin split into. This dimension shows the direct line of descent running from an older language to a newer one.Descends FromComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Descends FromFilter Results8 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllJaponic (3)Koreanic (5)RegionAllAsia (8)Central Asia (5)North America (3)South America (3)Speaker Count BandAll60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (8)Official StatusAllNational Language (Symbolic, Not Sole Official) (3)Official Language (5)StatusAllLiving (8)Script UsedAllHan Script (3)Hangul (5)Hiragana (3)Katakana (3)Language KindAllSafe (8)TonalAllNot Tonal (5)Tonal (3)Word OrderAllSOV (8)Period Start YearAll601 (5)700 (3)SpeakersAll13,000,000 (1)Show ResultsChungcheong DialectDescends From1 entryGyeongsang DialectDescends From1 entryHamgyong DialectDescends From1 entryJeolla DialectDescends From1 entryKansai DialectDescends From1 entryKyushu DialectDescends From1 entryPyongan DialectDescends From1 entryTohoku DialectDescends From1 entryComments (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.