Kuwait

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Official Name
State of Kuwait
Population Full

4,421,000 (2019 census)

Principal Languages
Gulf Spoken Arabic, Standard Arabic
Literacy Rate
96% (2018 UNESCO)
International Conventions
CDE (1963), CPPDCE (2007), CSICH (2015), ICCPR (1996), UNCRPD (2013), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Holes 1990, Ingham 1982, Johnstone 1967
Deaf Population
110,300
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Kuwait is 7. All are living languages. Of these, 1 is indigenous and 6 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 3 are institutional, 3 are developing, and 1 is in trouble. Also listed are 17 unestablished languages.