Home›Other Language Families of Asia›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.AsiaComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)AsiaFilter Results8 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllAustroasiatic (2)Japonic (1)Koreanic (1)Kra-Dai (1)Mongolic (1)Tai (1)Tungusic (1)Speaker Count BandAll0 to 400,000 (1)16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (2)430,000 to 5,500,000 (2)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (3)Official StatusAllNational Language (Symbolic, Not Sole Official) (1)Official Language (6)StatusAllLiving (8)Script UsedAllCyrillic Script (2)Han Script (1)Hangul (1)Hiragana (1)Katakana (1)Khmer Script (1)Lao Script (1)Latin Script (1)Mongolian Script (1)Thai Script (1)Language KindAllDefinitely Endangered (1)Safe (7)TonalAllNot Tonal (1)Tonal (3)Word OrderAllSOV (2)SVO (2)Period Start YearAll601 (1)700 (1)1201 (1)1224 (1)1292 (1)1350 (1)1920 (1)Descends FromAllChungcheong Dialect (1)Gyeongsang Dialect (1)Hamgyong Dialect (1)Jeolla Dialect (1)Kansai Dialect (1)Kyushu Dialect (1)Pyongan Dialect (1)Tohoku Dialect (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8EvenkiAsiaJapaneseAsiaKhmerAsiaKoreanAsiaLaoAsiaMongolianAsiaThaiAsiaVietnameseAsiaComments (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.