Home›Other Language Families of Asia›Official Status›Official LanguageBrowse ByOfficial LanguageOfficial status records whether a government or body has formally recognized a language. Wikipedia notes that Spanish "is the official language of 21 countries, as well as one of the six official languages of the United Nations," a formal standing well beyond how widely it is merely spoken. This dimension separates languages with formal recognition from those spoken without any official status.Official LanguageComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Official LanguageFilter Results7 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllAustroasiatic (2)Kartvelian (1)Koreanic (1)Kra-Dai (1)Mongolic (1)Tai (1)RegionAllAsia (6)Central Asia (1)Europe (2)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (2)430,000 to 5,500,000 (3)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (2)StatusAllLiving (7)Script UsedAllCyrillic Script (1)Georgian Script (1)Hangul (1)Khmer Script (1)Lao Script (1)Latin Script (1)Mongolian Script (1)Thai Script (1)Language KindAllSafe (7)TonalAllNot Tonal (2)Tonal (2)Word OrderAllSOV (2)SVO (2)Period Start YearAll450 (1)601 (1)1201 (1)1224 (1)1292 (1)1350 (1)Descends FromAllChungcheong Dialect (1)Gyeongsang Dialect (1)Hamgyong Dialect (1)Jeolla Dialect (1)Pyongan Dialect (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 7GeorgianOfficial LanguageKhmerOfficial LanguageKoreanOfficial LanguageLaoOfficial LanguageMongolianOfficial LanguageThaiOfficial LanguageVietnameseOfficial LanguageComments (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.