Saudi Arabia

Arabic, Standard

[arb] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1992, Basic Law, Article 1). 24,900,000 in Saudi Arabia (2014 SIL), all users. Total users in all countries: 273,989,700.

3 (Wider communication)

Arabic, Najdi Spoken

[ars] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 14,600,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity. Total users in all countries: 18,153,010.

4 (Educational)

English

[eng] 4 (Educational). 101,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

6a (Vigorous)

Arabic, Gulf Spoken

[afb] 6a* (Vigorous). 962,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Arabic, Hijazi Spoken

[acw] 6a* (Vigorous). 10,300,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity. Total users in all countries: 10,792,400.

Faifi

[fif] 6a* (Vigorous). 50,000 (2009 A. Alfaifi).

Saudi Arabian Sign Language

[sdl] 6a* (Vigorous). 100,000 (2008 WFD). About 0.3% of total population.

6b (Threatened)

Jibbali

[shv] 6b* (Threatened). 40,200 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Mehri

[gdq] 6b* (Threatened). 20,000 in Saudi Arabia (2012 Al Arabiya).

Unestablished

Arabic, Egyptian Spoken

[arz] Unestablished. 2,900,000 in Saudi Arabia (2017 Egypt Independent), based on nationality.

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

[apc] Unestablished. 900,000 in Saudi Arabia (2020), based on nationality.

Arabic, Omani Spoken

[acx] Unestablished. 132,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Arabic, Sanaani Spoken

[ayn] Unestablished. 264,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Arabic, South Levantine Spoken

[ajp] Unestablished. 415,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Arabic, Sudanese Spoken

[apd] Unestablished. 163,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken

[acq] Unestablished. 381,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Balochi, Southern

[bcc] Unestablished. 16,700 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Bengali

[ben] Unestablished. 2,265,000 in Saudi Arabia (2020 Anadolu Agency).

Chinese, Mandarin

[cmn] Unestablished. 132,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

French

[fra] Unestablished. 33,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Hindi

[hin] Unestablished. 817,000 in Saudi Arabia (2019).

Indonesian

[ind] Unestablished. 99,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Kabardian

[kbd] Unestablished. 26,500 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Korean

[kor] Unestablished. 173,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Nepali

[npi] Unestablished. 234,000 in Saudi Arabia (International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2019), based on nationality.

Pashto, Northern

[pbu] Unestablished. 197,000 in Saudi Arabia (2020).

Persian, Iranian

[pes] Unestablished. 232,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Punjabi, Eastern

[pan] Unestablished. 307,000 in Saudi Arabia (2019).

Punjabi, Western

[pnb] Unestablished. 1,052,000 in Saudi Arabia (2020).

Rohingya

[rhg] Unestablished. 500,000 in Saudi Arabia (2017 The Arakan Project), based on nationality.

Saraiki

[skr] Unestablished. 210,000 in Saudi Arabia (2020).

Sindhi

[snd] Unestablished. 251,000 in Saudi Arabia (2020).

Somali

[som] Unestablished. 69,600 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Swahili

[swh] Unestablished. 395,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Tagalog

[tgl] Unestablished. 929,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Tamil

[tam] Unestablished. 433,000 in Saudi Arabia (2019).

Telugu

[tel] Unestablished. 451,000 in Saudi Arabia (2019).

Turkish

[tur] Unestablished. 33,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

Urdu

[urd] Unestablished. 930,000 in Saudi Arabia (2020).

Uyghur

[uig] Unestablished. 8,730 in Saudi Arabia (2018), based on ethnicity.

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