Lebanon

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Arabic, Standard

[arb] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1943, Constitution, Article 11). 5,220,000 in Lebanon (2015 SIL), all users.

3 (Wider communication)

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

[apc] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 6,759,000 in Lebanon, all users. L1 users: 6,400,000 in Lebanon (2020). L2 users: 359,000 (2020).

English

[eng] 3 (Wider communication). 2,740,100 in Lebanon, all users. L1 users: 10,100 in Lebanon (2020). L2 users: 2,730,000 (Ramaswami et al 2012).

French

[fra] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 2,311,800 in Lebanon, all users. L1 users: 31,800 in Lebanon (2020). L2 users: 2,280,000 (Beck et al 2018).

5 (Developing)

Armenian, Western

[hyw] 5* (Developing). De facto language of national identity. 336,000 in Lebanon (2020).

5 (Dispersed)

Kurdish, Northern

[kmr] 5* (Dispersed). 23,000 in Lebanon (2020). Ethnic population: 70,000 (2020 H. Salimi).

6b (Threatened)

Domari

[rmt] 6b* (Threatened). A few scattered and isolated speaker populations (Herin 2016).

Unestablished

Arabic, Egyptian Spoken

[arz] Unestablished. 118,000 in Lebanon (2020).

Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken

[acm] Unestablished. 23,700 in Lebanon (2020).

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

[aii] Unestablished. 2,330 in Lebanon (2020). Ethnic population: 40,000.

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic

[cld] Unestablished. 35,500 in Lebanon (2020).

Greek

[ell] Unestablished. 6,520 in Lebanon (2020).

Italian

[ita] Unestablished. 6,520 in Lebanon (2020).

Portuguese

[por] Unestablished. 2,960 in Lebanon (2020).

Spanish

[spa] Unestablished. 22,300 in Lebanon (2020).

Turkish

[tur] Unestablished. 5,910 in Lebanon (2020).

Turoyo

[tru] Unestablished. 29,300 in Lebanon (2015).

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