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- Afroasiatic
- Semitic
- Cypriot Arabic
ISO 639-3 · acyacy
Afroasiatic family
Cypriot Arabic
Cypriot Arabic is a language of the Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Cyprus. Wikidata counts 140 first-language speakers (2013). Wikidata describes it as “moribund variety of Arabic spoken by the Maronite community of Cyprus.”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
acy- Glottocode
cypr1248- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 30 language editions
140first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Cypriot Arabic |
|---|---|
| Also called | Cypriot Maronite Arabic |
| L1 speakers | 140 (2013) |
| Written in | Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Cypriot Arabic
The branches above Cypriot Arabic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
