Libya
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Arabic, Egyptian Spoken
[arz] Users: 671,000 in Libya (2020). No monolinguals. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Hassaniyya
[mey] Users: 54,000 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Libyan Spoken
[ayl] Widespread, especially north. Users: 4,550,000 in Libya (2020), increasing. Total users in all countries: 5,343,050. Status: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Alternate Names: Libyan Arabic, Libyan Vernacular Arabic, Sulaimitian Arabic, Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic. Autonym: ليبي (Lībi). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
[ary] Users: 306,000 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken
[apc] Users: 72,500 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Standard
[arb] Users: 5,650,000 in Libya (2015 SIL), all users. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (2011, Constitutional Declaration, Article 1). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Sudanese Spoken
[apd] Users: 305,000 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
[acq] Users: 132,000 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
[aeb] Users: 213,000 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Awjilah
[auj] Al Wahat district: east, Cyrenaica. Users: 2,690 (2020). Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Aoudjila, Augila, Aujila, Awjila, Awjili. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Eastern, Awjila-Sokna.
Bulgarian
[bul] Users: 3,600 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Eastern.
Chinese, Mandarin
[cmn] Users: 2,320 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
English
[eng] Users: 13,700 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Users: 8,220 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
Ghadamès
[gha] Nalut district: Ghadamès, a small oasis near Algeria-Tunisia border. Users: 13,400 in Libya (2020). Total users in all countries: 16,500. Status: 6b (Threatened). Alternate Names: Berbère, Ghadāmis, Ghadames. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Zenati, East.
Greek
[ell] Users: 8,220 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic.
Italian
[ita] Users: 30,300 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian.
Korean
[kor] Users: 15,500 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Koreanic.
Libyan Sign Language
[lbs] Scattered. Users: 20,000 (2021 DBS/DOOR/IMB). Estimated 13,000–27,000 deaf signers, assuming 0.2%–0.4% of total population. Another estimate: 38,000 (2014 IMB). Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Maltese
[mlt] Users: 7,200 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Nafusi
[jbn] Al Jabal al Gharbi and Nalut districts: Jabal Nafusah, Nalut, Tripolitania, and Yafran areas, isolated on Zuara Coast west of Tripoli. Users: 247,000 in Libya (2020). Preschool children are monolingual in Nafusi. Total users in all countries: 297,000. Status: 6a (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Djerbi, Jabal Nafusi, Jbel Nafusi, Jebel Nefusi, Nefusi. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Zenati, East.
Punjabi, Western
[pnb] Users: 72,500 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Panjabi, Western Panjabi.
Sawknah
[swn] Al Jufrah district. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker probably died in the 1950s (Basset 1969). Status: 10 (Extinct). Alternate Names: Sokna, Sokni, Sukna, Tasuknit. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Eastern, Awjila-Sokna.
Serbian
[srp] Users: 28,900 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Sinhala
[sin] Users: 16,400 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Southern, Sinhalese-Maldivian.
Siwi
[siz] Al Butnan district: Jaghbub town. Users: Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Eastern, Siwa.
Tagalog
[tgl] Users: 13,700 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Tagalog.
Tamahaq, Tahaggart
[thv] Ghat and Murzuq districts; south Hoggar mountains, Tamanrasset and south (Hoggar dialect); Ganet and west Libya oases, Ghat area (Ghat dialect). Users: 22,800 in Libya (2020). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: Tamachek, Tamachek’, Tamahaq, Tamashekin, Tamasheq, Tomachek, Tourage, Toureg, Tuareg. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Tamasheq, Northern.
Tedaga
[tuq] Murzuq district: Al Katrun and Maknusa; southwest border area. Users: 2,690 in Libya (2020). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: Tudaga. Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Saharan, Western, Tebu.
Zaghawa
[zag] Users: 9,400 in Libya (2020). Status: Unestablished. Alternate Names: Beria. Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Saharan, Eastern.