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Spanish

[spa] 1 (National). Statutory national language (2000, Law 44.00). 10,464,200 in Dominican Republic, all users. L1 users: 10,400,000 in Dominican Republic (2020). L2 users: 64,200 (2020).

5 (Dispersed)

French

[fra] 5* (Dispersed). 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).

Haitian Creole

[hat] 5* (Dispersed). 569,000 in Dominican Republic (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity.

5 (Developing)

Dominican Sign Language

[doq] 5 (Developing). 32,000 (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 21,000–43,000, based on 0.2%–0.4% of the general population.

8a (Moribund)

English

[eng] 8a (Moribund). 49,300 in Dominican Republic (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity.

Unestablished

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

[apc] Unestablished. 3,700 in Dominican Republic (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity.

Chinese, Mandarin

[cmn] Unestablished. 50,000 in Dominican Republic (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity.

Japanese

[jpn] Unestablished. 1,700 in Dominican Republic (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity.

Southwestern Caribbean English Creole

[jam] Unestablished. 22,000 in Dominican Republic.

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