Home›Slavic Languages›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.FactsAsiaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested315 1AsiaFilter Results3 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllEast Slavic (1)Slavic (3)South Slavic (1)West Slavic (1)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (1)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (1)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (1)Official StatusAllOfficial Language (3)StatusAllLiving (3)Script UsedAllCyrillic Script (2)Latin Script (1)Language KindAllSafe (3)TonalAllNot Tonal (3)Word OrderAllSVO (3)Period Start YearAll901 (1)1136 (1)Descends FromAllCentral Russian Dialects (1)Northern Russian dialect (1)Southern Russian dialect (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3BulgarianAsiaPolishAsiaRussianAsiaSources1. 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.