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- Afroasiatic
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- South Levantine Arabic
ISO 639-3 · ajpajp
Afroasiatic family
South Levantine Arabic
South Levantine Arabic is a language of the Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Israel, Jordan and Palestine. Wikidata counts 11.6 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “subdivision of Levantine Arabic”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ajp- Glottocode
sout3123- Family
- Afroasiatic
- Centre point
- 32.00, 35.25
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
11.6 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | South Levantine Arabic |
|---|---|
| Also called | Soutuern Levantine Arabic |
| L1 speakers | 11,600,000 (2019) |
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 South Levantine Arabic
The branches above South 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 Israel
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