Language:  Arabic, Levantine

Population of Groups Speaking

47,934,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

158

Scripture Status

Audio Bible

Jesus Film

Gospel Recordings

Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(158 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 Christian Lebanon 1,169,000
 Arab, Lebanese general United Arab Emirates 27,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Belgium 2,500
 Arab, Lebanese general Canada 155,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Cyprus 1,700
 Arab, Lebanese general Denmark 31,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Egypt 175,000
 Arab, Lebanese general French Guiana 1,600
 Arab, Lebanese general France 24,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Gambia 3,900
 Arab, Lebanese general Guinea 6,100
 Arab, Lebanese general Israel 19,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Côte d'Ivoire 68,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Jamaica 21,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Kuwait 54,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Liberia 65,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Morocco 579,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Mexico 90,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Niger 8,600
 Arab, Lebanese general Nigeria 45,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Netherlands 600
 Arab, Lebanese general Norway 2,300
 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 257,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Serbia 18,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Saudi Arabia 285,000
 Arab, Lebanese general South Africa 5,800
 Arab, Lebanese general Spain 1,300
 Arab, Lebanese general Sweden 24,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Syria 105,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Switzerland 17,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Togo 9,500
 Arab, Lebanese general Türkiye (Turkey) 13,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Uganda 17,000
 Arab, Lebanese general United Kingdom 102,000
 Arab, Lebanese general United States 509,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Venezuela 130,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Yemen 25,000
 Arab, Lebanese general Zambia 4,400
 Arab, Lebanese Muslim Lebanon 2,172,000 ☀︎
 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 38,000
 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:  158     60
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
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