Libya

Arabic, Standard

[arb] 1 (National). Statutory national language (2011, Constitutional Declaration, Article 1). 5,650,000 in Libya (2015 SIL), all users.

3 (Wider communication)

Arabic, Libyan Spoken

[ayl] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 4,550,000 in Libya (2020), increasing. Total users in all countries: 5,343,050.

6a (Vigorous)

Libyan Sign Language

[lbs] 6a* (Vigorous). 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).

Nafusi

[jbn] 6a (Vigorous). 247,000 in Libya (2020). Preschool children are monolingual in Nafusi. Total users in all countries: 297,000.

Siwi

[siz] 6a* (Vigorous).

6b (Threatened)

Ghadamès

[gha] 6b (Threatened). 13,400 in Libya (2020). Total users in all countries: 16,500.

Tamahaq, Tahaggart

[thv] 6b* (Threatened). 22,800 in Libya (2020).

Tedaga

[tuq] 6b* (Threatened). 2,690 in Libya (2020).

8a (Moribund)

Awjilah

[auj] 8a (Moribund). 2,690 (2020).

10 (Extinct)

Sawknah

[swn] 10 (Extinct). No known L1 speakers. The last speaker probably died in the 1950s (Basset 1969).

Unestablished

Arabic, Egyptian Spoken

[arz] Unestablished. 671,000 in Libya (2020). No monolinguals.

Arabic, Hassaniyya

[mey] Unestablished. 54,000 in Libya (2020).

Arabic, Moroccan Spoken

[ary] Unestablished. 306,000 in Libya (2020).

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

[apc] Unestablished. 72,500 in Libya (2020).

Arabic, Sudanese Spoken

[apd] Unestablished. 305,000 in Libya (2020).

Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken

[acq] Unestablished. 132,000 in Libya (2020).

Arabic, Tunisian Spoken

[aeb] Unestablished. 213,000 in Libya (2020).

Bulgarian

[bul] Unestablished. 3,600 in Libya (2020).

Chinese, Mandarin

[cmn] Unestablished. 2,320 in Libya (2020).

English

[eng] Unestablished. 13,700 in Libya (2020).

French

[fra] Unestablished. 8,220 in Libya (2020).

Greek

[ell] Unestablished. 8,220 in Libya (2020).

Italian

[ita] Unestablished. 30,300 in Libya (2020).

Korean

[kor] Unestablished. 15,500 in Libya (2020).

Maltese

[mlt] Unestablished. 7,200 in Libya (2020).

Punjabi, Western

[pnb] Unestablished. 72,500 in Libya (2020).

Serbian

[srp] Unestablished. 28,900 in Libya (2020).

Sinhala

[sin] Unestablished. 16,400 in Libya (2020).

Tagalog

[tgl] Unestablished. 13,700 in Libya (2020).

Zaghawa

[zag] Unestablished. 9,400 in Libya (2020).

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