Egypt

Arabic, Standard

[arb] 1 (National). Statutory national language (2014, Constitution, Article 2). 65,500,000 in Egypt (2015 SIL), all users.

3 (Wider communication)

Arabic, Egyptian Spoken

[arz] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 67,000,000 in Egypt (2019). Total users in all countries: 74,826,320.

4 (Educational)

English

[eng] 4 (Educational). 35,119,000 in Egypt, all users. L1 users: 19,000 in Egypt (2020 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity. L2 users: 35,100,000 (Ramaswami et al 2012).

5 (Dispersed)

Arabic, Algerian Spoken

[arq] 5* (Dispersed). 1,810,000 in Egypt (2019).

Arabic, Gulf Spoken

[afb] 5* (Dispersed). 1,610,000 in Egypt (2019).

Arabic, Moroccan Spoken

[ary] 5* (Dispersed). 1,710,000 in Egypt (2019).

Bedawiyet

[bej] 5* (Dispersed). 77,000 in Egypt (1993).

French

[fra] 5* (Dispersed). 3,000,000 in Egypt (Beck et al 2018), L2 users.

5 (Developing)

Egyptian Sign Language

[esl] 5 (Developing). 500,000 (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 300,000–600,000 deaf signers, assuming 0.3%–0.6% of the total population. Another estimate: 474,000 (2014 IMB).

6a (Vigorous)

Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken

[aao] 6a* (Vigorous). 30,000 in Egypt (2018).

Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken

[avl] 6a* (Vigorous). 1,100,000 in Egypt (2019). Total users in all countries: 2,430,300.

Arabic, Sa’idi Spoken

[aec] 6a* (Vigorous). 24,100,000 (2019).

Arabic, Sudanese Spoken

[apd] 6a* (Vigorous). 1,810,000 in Egypt (2019).

Arabic, Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken

[ayl] 6a* (Vigorous). 402,000 in Egypt (2019).

Siwi

[siz] 6a* (Vigorous). 20,000 in Egypt (2013).

7 (Shifting)

Armenian, Western

[hyw] 7 (Shifting). 6,000 in Egypt (Zohry 2005).

Mattokki

[xnz] 7 (Shifting). 50,000 (2014), decreasing.

Nobiin

[fia] 7 (Shifting). 402,000 in Egypt (2019).

8b (Nearly extinct)

Greek

[ell] 8b (Nearly extinct). A few elderly speakers in Cairo and Alexandria (2014).

9 (Second language only)

Coptic

[cop] 9 (Second language only). No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: No ethnic community.

Unestablished

Amharic

[amh] Unestablished. 5,000 in Egypt (2000 J. Leclerc).

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

[apc] Unestablished. 173,000 in Egypt (2018).

Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken

[acq] Unestablished. 172,000 in Egypt (2018).

Turkish

[tur] Unestablished. 43,000 in Egypt (2018).

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