Home›Slavic Languages›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.FactsRegionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested315 1RegionFilter Results16 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllBalto-Slavic (4)East Slavic (6)Slavic (14)South Slavic (4)West Slavic (7)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (5)430,000 to 5,500,000 (4)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (2)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (6)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (1)No Official Status (3)Official Language (9)StatusAllLiturgical / Learned Use Only (3)Living (14)Script UsedAllCyrillic Script (8)Glagolitic Alphabet (3)Latin Script (7)Language KindAllExtinct (3)Safe (12)Vulnerable (2)TonalAllNot Tonal (8)Word OrderAllOther (1)SOV (1)SVO (8)Period Start YearAll863 (3)901 (6)1001 (1)1100 (1)1101 (1)1136 (5)1201 (1)1801 (2)Descends FromAllCentral Russian Dialects (6)Northern Russian dialect (6)Southern Russian dialect (6)Area (sq km)All12,800 (1)13,883 (1)22,623.41 (1)51,209 (1)56,561 (1)88,499 (1)357,022 (1)440,000 (1)470,000 (1)4,000,000 (1)7,688,287 (1)10,186,000 (1)17,840,000 (1)18,052,768 (1)24,709,000 (1)44,579,000 (1)Country CountAll1 (1)12 (1)23 (1)44 (1)49 (1)Government TypeAllRepublic (5)Highest Elevation (m)All2228 (1)5642 (1)6190 (1)6967 (1)8849 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (2)Upper-Middle (3)Independence or Founding YearAll1949 (1)1991 (1)1992 (1)2006 (2)LandlockedAllNo (4)Yes (1)PopulationAll622,902 (1)3,000,000 (1)3,412,000 (1)3,866,233 (1)6,532,019 (1)27,801,023 (1)55,000,000 (1)82,000,000 (1)83,497,147 (1)284,200,000 (1)434,254,119 (1)592,296,233 (1)745,173,774 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 16AsiaRegion3 entriesAustraliaRegion1 entryThe BalkansRegion1 entryBosnia and HerzegovinaRegion2 entriesCarpathian RutheniaRegion1 entryThe CaucasusRegion1 entryCentral AsiaRegion1 entryCroatiaRegion1 entryEastern EuropeRegion2 entriesEuropeRegion12 entriesGermanyRegion1 entryMontenegroRegion1 entryMoraviaRegion1 entryNorth AmericaRegion2 entriesSerbiaRegion1 entrySouth AmericaRegion1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Slavic Languagestier 2Wikimedia FoundationLead section, total speakers sentenceQuote, Lead section, total speakers sentenceThe number of speakers of all Slavic languages together was estimated to be 315 million at the turn of the twenty-first century.View the SourceComments (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.