Dominican Republic
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Arabic, North Levantine Spoken
[apc] Users: 3,700 in Dominican Republic (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Chinese, Mandarin
[cmn] Users: 50,000 in Dominican Republic (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
Dominican Sign Language
[doq] Scattered. Users: 32,000 (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 21,000–43,000, based on 0.2%–0.4% of the general population. Status: 5 (Developing). Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
English
[eng] Cibao Nordeste and Samaná regions, northeastern peninsula. Users: 49,300 in Dominican Republic (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity. Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Inglés. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Users: 159,100 in Dominican Republic, all users. L1 users: 2,100 in Dominican Republic (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity. L2 users: 157,000 (Beck et al 2018). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
Haitian Creole
[hat] Dajabón, Distrito Nacional, El Seibo, Elías Piña, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, Monte Cristi, Pedernales, and Valverde regions. Users: 569,000 in Dominican Republic (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity. Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Creole, Haitian. Classification: Creole, French based.
Japanese
[jpn] Users: 1,700 in Dominican Republic (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Japonic.
Southwestern Caribbean English Creole
[jam] Users: 22,000 in Dominican Republic. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Western.
Spanish
[spa] Users: 10,464,200 in Dominican Republic, all users. L1 users: 10,400,000 in Dominican Republic (2020). L2 users: 64,200 (2020). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (2000, Law 44.00). Alternate Names: Español. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.