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ISO 639-3 · apcapc
Afroasiatic family
Levantine Arabic
Levantine Arabic is a language of the Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan and 2 more countries. Wikidata counts about 44 m speakers (2022). Wikidata describes it as “Arabic variety spoken in the Levant”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
apc- Glottocode
nort3139- Family
- Afroasiatic
- Wikipedia
- 33 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
6countries
3scripts
2levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Levantine Arabic |
|---|---|
| Also called | Shami, Levantine, šāmi, Syro-Palestinian, Syro-Palestinian Arabic |
| All speakers | 44,000,000 (2022) |
| Written in | Arabic script, Hebrew alphabet, Latin script |
| Grammatical genders | 2 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Levantine Arabic yet.
family tree
From Afroasiatic to Levantine Arabic
The branches above Levantine 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.
Also spoken in Syria
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