Language:  Arabic, Levantine

Population of Groups Speaking

49,840,000

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 2,300 ☀︎
 Alawite Lebanon 138,000 ☀︎
 Alawite Syria 1,846,000 ☀︎
 Alawite Türkiye (Turkey) 576,000 ☀︎
 Arab Austria 56,000
 Arab Brazil 466,000
 Arab Bulgaria 11,000
 Arab Burundi 4,000 ☀︎
 Arab Congo, Republic of the 1,400
 Arab Congo, Democratic Republic of 34,000
 Arab Chile 4,100
 Arab Costa Rica 3,600
 Arab Cuba 20,000
 Arab Ecuador 3,100
 Arab Egypt 208,000
 Arab Ireland 24,000
 Arab El Salvador 1,200
 Arab Ethiopia 2,200
 Arab Gabon 6,100
 Arab Ghana 3,400
 Arab Haiti 5,700
 Arab Hungary 5,200
 Arab Luxembourg 8,100
 Arab Indonesia 293,000
 Arab North Macedonia 5,500
 Arab Mauritius 800
 Arab Malaysia 16,000
 Arab Nicaragua 700
 Arab Rwanda 3,000
 Arab Somalia 7,800
 Arab, Jordanian United Arab Emirates 30,000
 Arab, Jordanian Canada 15,000
 Arab, Jordanian Denmark 1,200
 Arab, Jordanian France 5,100
 Arab, Jordanian Jordan 4,794,000
 Arab, Jordanian Kuwait 39,000
 Arab, Jordanian Oman 20,000
 Arab, Jordanian Spain 1,100
 Arab, Jordanian Sweden 3,400
 Arab, Jordanian Syria 26,000
 Arab, Jordanian Türkiye (Turkey) 24,000
 Arab, Jordanian United States 66,000
Arab, Lebanese Christian Lebanon 1,311,000
 Arab, Lebanese general United Arab Emirates 31,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Belgium 2,500
 Arab, Lebanese general Canada 159,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Cyprus 1,900
 Arab, Lebanese general Denmark 32,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Egypt 181,000
 Arab, Lebanese general French Guiana 1,600
 Arab, Lebanese general France 25,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Gambia 3,900
 Arab, Lebanese general Guinea 6,400
 Arab, Lebanese general Israel 19,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Côte d'Ivoire 75,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Jamaica 21,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Kuwait 62,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Liberia 68,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Morocco 582,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Mexico 92,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Niger 8,500
 Arab, Lebanese general Nigeria 46,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Netherlands 700
 Arab, Lebanese general Norway 2,400
 Arab, Lebanese general New Zealand 1,200
 Arab, Lebanese general Paraguay 500
 Arab, Lebanese general Panama 8,600
 Arab, Lebanese general Portugal 20,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Qatar 292,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Serbia 17,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Saudi Arabia 263,000
 Arab, Lebanese general South Africa 6,100
 Arab, Lebanese general Spain 1,400
 Arab, Lebanese general Sweden 24,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Syria 111,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Switzerland 17,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Togo 10,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Türkiye (Turkey) 14,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Uganda 17,000
 Arab, Lebanese general United Kingdom 104,000
 Arab, Lebanese general United States 517,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Venezuela 126,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Yemen 30,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Zambia 4,500
 Arab, Lebanese Muslim Lebanon 2,434,000
 Arab, Palestinian United Arab Emirates 116,000
 Arab, Palestinian Argentina 1,200
 Arab, Palestinian Canada 48,000
 Arab, Palestinian Colombia 13,000
 Arab, Palestinian Denmark 21,000
 Arab, Palestinian Egypt 87,000
 Arab, Palestinian Eritrea 15,000
 Arab, Palestinian France 4,100
 Arab, Palestinian Guatemala 1,700
 Arab, Palestinian Honduras 35,000
 Arab, Palestinian Iraq 25,000
 Arab, Palestinian Jordan 3,202,000
 Arab, Palestinian Kuwait 40,000
 Arab, Palestinian Lebanon 543,000
 Arab, Palestinian Libya 77,000
 Arab, Palestinian Mexico 13,000
 Arab, Palestinian Panama 9,100
 Arab, Palestinian Qatar 405,000
 Arab, Palestinian Saudi Arabia 426,000
 Arab, Palestinian Syria 26,000
 Arab, Palestinian Türkiye (Turkey) 29,000
 Arab, Palestinian United Kingdom 21,000
 Arab, Palestinian United States 108,000
 Arab, Palestinian West Bank / Gaza 4,947,000
 Arab, Palestinian Yemen 44,000
 Arab, Palestinian / Israeli Israel 1,611,000
 Arab, Syrian United Arab Emirates 56,000
 Arab, Syrian Argentina 1,504,000
 Arab, Syrian Belgium 15,000
 Arab, Syrian Canada 82,000
 Arab, Syrian Cyprus 3,900
 Arab, Syrian Denmark 46,000
 Arab, Syrian Finland 16,000
 Arab, Syrian France 265,000
 Arab, Syrian Germany 845,000
 Arab, Syrian Guadeloupe 600
 Arab, Syrian Greece 8,000
 Arab, Syrian Israel 1,900
 Arab, Syrian Iraq 38,000
 Arab, Syrian Jordan 712,000
 Arab, Syrian Kuwait 194,000
 Arab, Syrian Lebanon 164,000
 Arab, Syrian Martinique 500
 Arab, Syrian Mexico 113,000
 Arab, Syrian Nigeria 23,000
 Arab, Syrian Netherlands 121,000
 Arab, Syrian Norway 39,000
 Arab, Syrian Suriname 1,300
 Arab, Syrian Panama 8,800
 Arab, Syrian Guinea-Bissau 1,700
 Arab, Syrian Qatar 292,000
 Arab, Syrian Saudi Arabia 263,000
 Arab, Syrian Senegal 17,000
 Arab, Syrian Spain 2,500
 Arab, Syrian Sudan 122,000
 Arab, Syrian Sweden 30,000
 Arab, Syrian Syria 15,693,000
 Arab, Syrian Switzerland 24,000
 Arab, Syrian Trinidad and Tobago 3,200
 Arab, Syrian Türkiye (Turkey) 107,000
 Arab, Syrian United Kingdom 49,000
 Arab, Syrian United States 196,000
 Arab, Syrian West Bank / Gaza 16,000
 Arab, Syro-Lebanese Australia 86,000
 Druze Israel 82,000 ☀︎
 Druze Jordan 47,000 ☀︎
 Druze Lebanon 256,000 ☀︎
 Druze Syria 799,000
 Druze United Kingdom 600
 Druze United States 1,200
 Jewish, Syrian / Lebanese United States 79,000
 Yazidi Syria 15,000 ☀︎
  Totals:  157     60
SECONDARY Language
(1 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Arab, Maronite Cyprus 500
  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
Palestinian Arabic
Palestinian-Jordanian
Palestinian-Jordanian Arabic
Saida Sunni Arabic
Shii
South Lebanese Arabic
South-Central Lebanese Arabic
Standard Leb
Syro-Lebanese Arabic
Syro-Palestinian Arabic

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

Dialect Alternate Names
Alawite
Arabic, North Levantine
Arabic, South Levantine
Bedawi
Cukurova
Dayr 'atiyah
Lebanon
South Levantine Arabic
Taaw't Bato