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- Libyan Arabic
ISO 639-3 · aylayl
Afroasiatic family
Libyan Arabic
Libyan Arabic is a language of the Maghrebi Arabic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Egypt, Libya and Niger. Wikidata counts about 4.3 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “dialect of the language as spoken in the North African country”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ayl- Glottocode
liby1240- Family
- Afroasiatic
- Centre point
- 32.00, 22.00
- Wikipedia
- 29 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Libyan Arabic |
|---|---|
| Also called | Sulaimitian Arabic |
| All speakers | 4,320,500 |
| Written in | Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Libyan Arabic
The branches above Libyan 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 Egypt
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