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 Results14 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllBalto-Slavic (4)East Slavic (3)Slavic (5)South Slavic (6)West Slavic (4)RegionAllAsia (3)Australia (1)Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)Carpathian Ruthenia (1)Central Asia (1)Croatia (1)Eastern Europe (2)Europe (11)Germany (1)Montenegro (1)North America (2)Serbia (1)South America (1)The Caucasus (1)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (2)430,000 to 5,500,000 (6)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (3)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (1)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (1)Official Language (11)Script UsedAllCyrillic Script (6)Latin Script (7)Language KindAllSafe (8)Vulnerable (3)TonalAllNot Tonal (3)Word OrderAllOther (1)SOV (1)SVO (7)Period Start YearAll901 (1)1001 (1)1100 (1)1101 (2)1136 (1)1201 (1)1801 (1)Descends FromAllCentral Russian Dialects (1)Northern Russian dialect (1)Southern Russian dialect (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 14BelarusianLivingBosnianLivingBulgarianLivingCroatianLivingCzechLivingMacedonianLivingPolishLivingRussianLivingSerbianLivingSerbo-CroatianLivingSlovakLivingSlovenianLivingSorbian languagesLivingUkrainianLivingSources1. 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.