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- North Levantine Arabic
ISO 639-3 · apcapc
Afroasiatic family
North Levantine Arabic
North Levantine Arabic is a language of the Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Syria, Palestine, Turkey and Lebanon. Wikidata counts 24.6 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “dialect of Levantine Arabic”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
apc- Family
- Afroasiatic
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
24.6 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | North Levantine Arabic |
|---|---|
| Also called | Shami |
| L1 speakers | 24,600,000 (2019) |
| 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 North Levantine Arabic
The branches above North 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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