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Arabic, Egyptian Spoken
[arz] Users: 45,700 in Palestine (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken
[avl] Jericho and Al Aghwar, Jerusalem and Bethlehem governorates, Judean desert, Jordan river and Dead Sea area. Users: 28,300 in Palestine (2019). Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken
[apc] Users: 14,800 in Palestine (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
[ajp] Widespread. Users: 4,000,000 in Palestine (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Palestinian Arabic. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Standard
[arb] Widespread. Users: 4,040,000 in Palestine (2014 SIL), all users. Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Armenian, Western
[hyw] Jerusalem; Ramallah and Al-Bireh: Ramallah. Users: 1,900 in Palestine (2019). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Classification: Indo-European, Armenian.
Domari
[rmt] Jerusalem governorate; refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza. Users: 1 in Palestine (Matras 2019). Ethnic population: 2,000 (1997 Y. Matras). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Alternate Names: Dom, Nawari, Near-Eastern Gypsy. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Dom.
Hebrew
[heb] Users: 804,000 in Palestine (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Canaanite.
Samaritan Aramaic
[sam] Nablus governorate. Users: No known L1 speakers in Palestine. Ethnic population: No ethnic community. Total users in all countries: none known. Status: 9 (Second language only). Alternate Names: Shamerim. Autonym: ארמית (Arāmît). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Western.
Samaritan Hebrew
[smp] Nablus governorate. Users: No known L1 speakers in Palestine. Ethnic population: No ethnic community. Total users in all countries: none known. Status: 9 (Second language only). Alternate Names: Samaritan, Shamerim. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Canaanite.