Home›Slavic Languages›Status›LivingBrowse ByLivingStatus records how vital a language currently is, from thriving to endangered or extinct. Wikipedia notes Spanish is "the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese," about as far from endangered as a language can be. This dimension separates languages still growing from those quietly disappearing.FactsLivingSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested315 1LivingFilter Results8 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllEast Slavic (2)Slavic (4)South Slavic (3)West Slavic (2)RegionAllSerbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Croatia (1)Slovenia; minorities in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy (1)Ukraine (1)Speaker Count BandAll2500000.000000 (1)5100000.000000 (1)8000000.000000 (1)8200000.000000 (1)10700000.000000 (1)32000000.000000 (1)40000000.000000 (1)154000000.000000 (1)Script UsedAllCyrillic Script (4)Latin Script (5)Period Start YearAll1100 (1)Descends FromAllNorthern Russian dialect (1)Southern Russian dialect (1)Official StatusAllOfficial Language (7)BrowseCompareSelect all 8BulgarianLivingCroatianLivingCzechLivingPolishLivingRussianLivingSerbianLivingSlovenianLivingUkrainianLivingSources1. 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.