Jordan

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Arabic, Standard

[arb] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1952, Constitution, Article 2). 5,770,000 in Jordan (2015 SIL), all users.

3 (Wider communication)

Arabic, South Levantine Spoken

[ajp] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 5,560,000 in Jordan (2019). Total users in all countries: 12,711,300.

4 (Educational)

English

[eng] 4 (Educational). 4,563,800 in Jordan, all users. L1 users: 13,800 in Jordan (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity. L2 users: 4,550,000 (Ramaswami et al 2012).

5 (Dispersed)

Adyghe

[ady] 5* (Dispersed). 68,400 in Jordan (2015).

Chechen

[che] 5* (Dispersed). 5,100 in Jordan (2019).

5 (Developing)

Jordanian Sign Language

[jos] 5 (Developing). 30,000 (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 20,000–40,000 deaf signers, based on 0.2%–0.4% of the general population.

6a (Vigorous)

Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken

[avl] 6a* (Vigorous). 1,110,000 in Jordan (2019).

Arabic, Najdi Spoken

[ars] 6a* (Vigorous). 101,000 in Jordan (2019).

Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken

[ayp] 6a* (Vigorous). 404,000 in Jordan (2019).

6b (Threatened)

Domari

[rmt] 6b* (Threatened). A few scattered and isolated speaker populations (Herin 2016). Ethnic population: 4,910 (2000).

Kabardian

[kbd] 6b* (Threatened). 121,000 in Jordan (2019).

7 (Shifting)

Armenian, Western

[hyw] 7 (Shifting). 10,100 in Jordan (2019).

Unestablished

Arabic, Egyptian Spoken

[arz] Unestablished. 1,600,000 in Jordan (2017 Egypt Independent), based on nationality.

Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken

[acm] Unestablished. 1,000,000 in Jordan (2019).

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

[apc] Unestablished. 1,300,000 in Jordan (2021 Reliefweb), all users. All are refugees from Syria.

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