Lebanon
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Arabic, Egyptian Spoken
[arz] Users: 118,000 in Lebanon (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
[acm] Users: 23,700 in Lebanon (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken
[apc] Widespread. Users: 6,759,000 in Lebanon, all users. L1 users: 6,400,000 in Lebanon (2020). L2 users: 359,000 (2020). Status: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Alternate Names: Lebanese-Syrian Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Syro-Lebanese Arabic. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Standard
[arb] Widespread. Users: 5,220,000 in Lebanon (2015 SIL), all users. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1943, Constitution, Article 11). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Armenian, Western
[hyw] Beqaa province: Zahle district, Anjar town; Mont-Liban province: El Metn district, Beirut suburbs Bourj Hammoud and Mezher; other scattered communities; centuries-old established presence, Beirut and Tripoli cities. Users: 336,000 in Lebanon (2020). Status: 5* (Developing). De facto language of national identity. Classification: Indo-European, Armenian.
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
[aii] Beyrouth. Users: 2,330 in Lebanon (2020). Ethnic population: 40,000. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern.
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
[cld] Beyrouth. Users: 35,500 in Lebanon (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern.
Domari
[rmt] Beqaa valley. Users: A few scattered and isolated speaker populations (Herin 2016). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: Dom, Qurbāti. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Dom.
English
[eng] Scattered. Users: 2,740,100 in Lebanon, all users. L1 users: 10,100 in Lebanon (2020). L2 users: 2,730,000 (Ramaswami et al 2012). Status: 3 (Wider communication). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Scattered. Users: 2,311,800 in Lebanon, all users. L1 users: 31,800 in Lebanon (2020). L2 users: 2,280,000 (Beck et al 2018). Status: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Alternate Names: Français. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
Greek
[ell] Users: 6,520 in Lebanon (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic.
Italian
[ita] Users: 6,520 in Lebanon (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian.
Kurdish, Northern
[kmr] Beqaa province: Bekah Valley; Beyrouth, Liban-Nord (Tripoli), and Liban-Sud (Sidon) provinces: scattered urban areas. Users: 23,000 in Lebanon (2020). Ethnic population: 70,000 (2020 H. Salimi). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Kurdish.
Portuguese
[por] Users: 2,960 in Lebanon (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Portuguese-Galician.
Spanish
[spa] Users: 22,300 in Lebanon (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.
Turkish
[tur] Users: 5,910 in Lebanon (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Southern, Turkish.
Turoyo
[tru] Scattered. Users: 29,300 in Lebanon (2015). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northwestern.