Language:  Arabic, Levantine

Population of Groups Speaking

47,920,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

157

Scripture Status

Audio Bible

Jesus Film

Gospel Recordings

Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(157 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Alawite Israel 2,200 ☀︎
 Alawite Lebanon 123,000 ☀︎
 Alawite Syria 1,755,000 ☀︎
 Alawite Türkiye (Turkey) 567,000 ☀︎
 Arab Austria 55,000
 Arab Brazil 476,000
 Arab Bulgaria 10,000
 Arab Burundi 3,800 ☀︎
 Arab Congo, Republic of the 1,300
 Arab Congo, Democratic Republic of 32,000
 Arab Chile 4,000
 Arab Costa Rica 3,600
 Arab Cuba 20,000
 Arab Ecuador 3,100
 Arab Egypt 201,000
 Arab Ireland 23,000
 Arab El Salvador 1,200
 Arab Ethiopia 2,100
 Arab Gabon 5,800
 Arab Ghana 3,400
 Arab Haiti 5,600
 Arab Hungary 5,300
 Arab Luxembourg 7,900
 Arab Indonesia 286,000
 Arab North Macedonia 6,300
 Arab Mauritius 800
 Arab Malaysia 16,000
 Arab Nicaragua 700
 Arab Rwanda 2,900
 Arab Somalia 7,400
 Arab, Jordanian United Arab Emirates 25,000
 Arab, Jordanian Canada 15,000
 Arab, Jordanian Denmark 1,200
 Arab, Jordanian France 5,000
 Arab, Jordanian Jordan 4,737,000
 Arab, Jordanian Kuwait 33,000
 Arab, Jordanian Oman 17,000
 Arab, Jordanian Spain 1,100
 Arab, Jordanian Sweden 3,400
 Arab, Jordanian Syria 25,000
 Arab, Jordanian Türkiye (Turkey) 24,000
 Arab, Jordanian United States 65,000
 Arab, Lebanese France 24,000
 Arab, Lebanese Norway 2,300
 Arab, Lebanese Spain 1,300
 Arab, Lebanese United Arab Emirates 27,000
 Arab, Lebanese Belgium 2,500
 Arab, Lebanese Canada 155,000
 Arab, Lebanese Cyprus 1,700
 Arab, Lebanese Denmark 31,000
 Arab, Lebanese Egypt 175,000
 Arab, Lebanese French Guiana 1,600
 Arab, Lebanese Gambia 3,900
 Arab, Lebanese Guinea 6,100
 Arab, Lebanese Israel 19,000
 Arab, Lebanese Côte d'Ivoire 68,000
 Arab, Lebanese Jamaica 21,000
 Arab, Lebanese Kuwait 54,000
 Arab, Lebanese Lebanon 3,341,000
 Arab, Lebanese Liberia 65,000
 Arab, Lebanese Morocco 579,000
 Arab, Lebanese Mexico 90,000
 Arab, Lebanese Niger 8,600
 Arab, Lebanese Nigeria 45,000
 Arab, Lebanese Netherlands 600
 Arab, Lebanese New Zealand 1,200
 Arab, Lebanese Paraguay 500
 Arab, Lebanese Panama 8,600
 Arab, Lebanese Portugal 20,000
 Arab, Lebanese Qatar 257,000
 Arab, Lebanese Serbia 18,000
 Arab, Lebanese Saudi Arabia 285,000
 Arab, Lebanese South Africa 5,800
 Arab, Lebanese Sweden 24,000
 Arab, Lebanese Syria 105,000
 Arab, Lebanese Switzerland 17,000
 Arab, Lebanese Togo 9,500
 Arab, Lebanese Türkiye (Turkey) 13,000
 Arab, Lebanese Uganda 17,000
 Arab, Lebanese United Kingdom 102,000
 Arab, Lebanese United States 509,000
 Arab, Lebanese Venezuela 130,000
 Arab, Lebanese Yemen 25,000
 Arab, Lebanese Zambia 4,400
 Arab, Palestinian United Arab Emirates 98,000
 Arab, Palestinian Argentina 1,200
 Arab, Palestinian Canada 46,000
 Arab, Palestinian Colombia 13,000
 Arab, Palestinian Denmark 21,000
 Arab, Palestinian Egypt 85,000
 Arab, Palestinian Eritrea 16,000
 Arab, Palestinian France 4,000
 Arab, Palestinian Guatemala 1,600
 Arab, Palestinian Honduras 34,000
 Arab, Palestinian Iraq 24,000
 Arab, Palestinian Jordan 3,164,000
 Arab, Palestinian Kuwait 35,000
 Arab, Palestinian Lebanon 484,000
 Arab, Palestinian Libya 72,000
 Arab, Palestinian Mexico 13,000
 Arab, Palestinian Panama 9,000
 Arab, Palestinian Qatar 356,000
 Arab, Palestinian Saudi Arabia 461,000
 Arab, Palestinian Syria 25,000
 Arab, Palestinian Türkiye (Turkey) 28,000
 Arab, Palestinian United Kingdom 20,000
 Arab, Palestinian United States 106,000
 Arab, Palestinian West Bank / Gaza 4,863,000
 Arab, Palestinian Yemen 37,000
 Arab, Palestinian / Israeli Israel 1,576,000
 Arab, Syrian United Arab Emirates 48,000
 Arab, Syrian Argentina 1,510,000
 Arab, Syrian Belgium 15,000
 Arab, Syrian Canada 80,000
 Arab, Syrian Cyprus 3,600
 Arab, Syrian Denmark 45,000
 Arab, Syrian Finland 16,000
 Arab, Syrian France 258,000
 Arab, Syrian Germany 836,000
 Arab, Syrian Guadeloupe 600
 Arab, Syrian Greece 8,200
 Arab, Syrian Israel 1,900
 Arab, Syrian Iraq 24,000
 Arab, Syrian Jordan 704,000
 Arab, Syrian Kuwait 168,000
 Arab, Syrian Lebanon 147,000
 Arab, Syrian Martinique 500
 Arab, Syrian Mexico 110,000
 Arab, Syrian Nigeria 22,000
 Arab, Syrian Netherlands 116,000
 Arab, Syrian Norway 38,000
 Arab, Syrian Suriname 1,300
 Arab, Syrian Panama 8,700
 Arab, Syrian Guinea-Bissau 1,700
 Arab, Syrian Qatar 257,000
 Arab, Syrian Saudi Arabia 285,000
 Arab, Syrian Senegal 17,000
 Arab, Syrian Spain 2,500
 Arab, Syrian Sudan 116,000
 Arab, Syrian Sweden 30,000
 Arab, Syrian Syria 14,914,000
 Arab, Syrian Switzerland 24,000
 Arab, Syrian Trinidad and Tobago 3,200
 Arab, Syrian Türkiye (Turkey) 106,000
 Arab, Syrian United Kingdom 48,000
 Arab, Syrian United States 193,000
 Arab, Syrian St Vincent and Grenadines 500
 Arab, Syrian West Bank / Gaza 16,000
 Arab, Syro-Lebanese Australia 85,000
 Druze Israel 80,000 ☀︎
 Druze Jordan 47,000 ☀︎
 Druze Lebanon 229,000 ☀︎
 Druze Syria 760,000
 Druze United Kingdom 600
 Druze United States 1,100
 Jewish, Syrian / Lebanese United States 77,000
 Yazidi Syria 14,000 ☀︎
  Totals:  157     59
SECONDARY Language
(1 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Arab, Maronite Cyprus 400
  Totals:  1     0

Language Alternate Names
Beqaa Arabic
Druze Arabic
il-lahje š-šāmiyye
Iqlim-Al-Kharrub Sunni Arabic
Jdaideh Arabic
Lebanese
Lebanese-Syrian Arabic
Levantine Arabic
Libano-mexicano
Metuali
Mount Lebanon Arabic
North Lebanese Arabic
North Levantine Arabic
North-Central Lebanese Arabic (Mount Lebanon Arabi
Saida Sunni Arabic
Shii
South Lebanese Arabic (Metuali)
South-Central Lebanese Arabic (Druze Arabic)
Standard Leb
Syro-Lebanese Arabic

Dialects
Çukurova
Aleppo
Beiruti
Beqaa
Beqaa Arabic
Çukurova
Damascus
Fellahi
Horani
Iqlim-Al-Kharrub Sunni
Iqlim-Al-Kharrub Sunni Arabic
Jdaideh
Jdaideh Arabic
Jordanian
Madani
North Lebanese
North Lebanese Arabic
North Lebanese Literary
North-Central Lebanese
North-Central Lebanese Arabic
Palestinian
Saida Sunni
Saida Sunni Arabic
South Lebanese
South Lebanese Arabic
South-Central Lebanese
South-Central Lebanese Arabic
Standard Lebanese
Standard Lebanese Arabic
Sunni Beiruti Arabic
Syrian Calamon

Dialect Alternate Names
Alawite
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken: Damascus
Arabic, North Levantine: Dayr 'Atiyah
Arabic, North Levantine: Aleppo
Arabic, North Levantine: Beiruti
Arabic, North Levantine: Beqaa
Arabic, North Levantine: Central Syrian Damascus
Arabic, North Levantine: Iqlim-Al-Kharrub Sunni
Arabic, North Levantine: Jdaideh
Arabic, North Levantine: North Lebanese Literary
Arabic, North Levantine: Saida Sunni
Arabic, North Levantine: Standard Lebanese
Arabic, North Levantine: Syrian Calamon
Arabic, South Levantine
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
Arabic: Damascus
Arabic: Lebanon
Arabic: N. Levantine Spoken
Bedawi
Beqaa Arabic
Central Syrian Arabic
Cilician Arabic
Cukurova
Cukurovan Arabic
Dayr 'atiyah
Druze Arabic
Iqlim-Al-Kharrub Sunni Arabic
Jdaideh Arabic
Lebanese-Syrian Arabic
Lebanon
Levantine
Levantine Arabic
Metuali
N. Lebanese Literary
N. Levantine Spoken
North Levantine Arabic
Palestanian-Jordanian Arabic
Saida Sunni Arabic
Shii
South Lebanese Arabic
South Levantine Arabic
South Levantine Arabic Mashriqi
South-Central Lebanese Arabic
Standard Lebanese Arabic
Sunni Beiruti Arabic
Syrian Arabic: Dayr 'Atiyah
Syro-Lebanese Arabic
Taaw't Bato


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