Home›Other Language Families of Asia›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.RegionComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)RegionFilter Results5 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllAustroasiatic (1)Japonic (3)Kartvelian (1)Koreanic (2)Kra-Dai (1)Mongolic (2)Tai (1)Tungusic (2)Speaker Count BandAll0 to 400,000 (2)16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (1)430,000 to 5,500,000 (2)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (4)Official StatusAllNational Language (Symbolic, Not Sole Official) (3)Official Language (3)StatusAllLiving (5)Script UsedAllCyrillic Script (2)Georgian Script (1)Han Script (3)Hangul (2)Hiragana (3)Katakana (3)Khmer Script (1)Lao Script (1)Latin Script (1)Mongolian Script (2)Thai Script (1)Language KindAllDefinitely Endangered (2)Safe (5)TonalAllNot Tonal (3)Tonal (3)Word OrderAllSOV (5)SVO (1)Period Start YearAll450 (1)601 (2)700 (3)1201 (1)1224 (2)1292 (1)1350 (1)1920 (2)Descends FromAllChungcheong Dialect (2)Gyeongsang Dialect (2)Hamgyong Dialect (2)Jeolla Dialect (2)Kansai Dialect (3)Kyushu Dialect (3)Pyongan Dialect (2)Tohoku Dialect (3)Area (sq km)All4,000,000 (1)10,186,000 (1)17,840,000 (1)24,709,000 (1)44,579,000 (1)Country CountAll12 (1)23 (1)44 (1)49 (1)Highest Elevation (m)All5642 (1)6190 (1)6967 (1)8849 (1)PopulationAll82,000,000 (1)434,254,119 (1)592,296,233 (1)745,173,774 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5AsiaRegion8 entriesCentral AsiaRegion1 entryEuropeRegion3 entriesNorth AmericaRegion1 entrySouth AmericaRegion1 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.