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1 (National)
Arabic, Standard
[arb]
1 (National). Statutory national language (2003, Constitution, Article 1). 1,100,000 in Qatar (2015 SIL), all users.
3 (Wider communication)
Arabic, Gulf Spoken
[afb]
3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language, absent from formal education. 788,000 in Qatar (2019).
4 (Educational)
French
[fra]
4 (Educational). 114,500 in Qatar, all users. L1 users: 8,500 in Qatar (2019). L2 users: 106,000 (2018).
5 (Dispersed)
Persian, Iranian
[pes]
5* (Dispersed). 283,000 in Qatar (2019).
Unestablished
Arabic, Egyptian Spoken
[arz]
Unestablished. 230,000 in Qatar (2017 Egypt Independent), based on nationality.
Arabic, Hijazi Spoken
[acw]
Unestablished. 27,800 in Qatar (2019).
Arabic, Najdi Spoken
[ars]
Unestablished. 57,000 in Qatar (2019).
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken
[apc]
Unestablished. 561,000 in Qatar (2019).
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
[ajp]
Unestablished. 380,000 in Qatar (2019).
Arabic, Sudanese Spoken
[apd]
Unestablished. 57,000 in Qatar (2019).
Armenian, Western
[hyw]
Unestablished. 8,500 in Qatar (2019).
Balochi, Southern
[bcc]
Unestablished. 57,000 in Qatar (2019).
English
[eng]
Unestablished. 42,000 in Qatar (2019).
Malayalam
[mal]
Unestablished. 78,900 in Qatar (2019).
Nepali
[npi]
Unestablished. 285,000 in Qatar (International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2019), based on nationality.
Sinhala
[sin]
Unestablished. 57,000 in Qatar (2019).
Tagalog
[tgl]
Unestablished. 127,000 in Qatar (2019).
Tamil
[tam]
Unestablished. 27,800 in Qatar (2019).
Urdu
[urd]
Unestablished. 180,000 in Qatar (2010).