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Language: Arabic, Libyan

Population of Groups Speaking

6,692,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

Unspecified

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Map Notes

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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
Arab	Italy	1,203,000	1 ●
Arab, Cyrenaican	Libya	1,477,000	0 ☀︎
Arab, Libyan	Canada	5,700	1 ●
Arab, Libyan	Sweden	2,200	1 ●
Arab, Libyan	United Arab Emirates	44,000	0 ☀︎
Arab, Libyan	Belgium	4,700	0 ☀︎
Arab, Libyan	Chad	2,200	0 ☀︎
Arab, Libyan	Egypt	482,000	1 ●
Arab, Libyan	Côte d'Ivoire	21,000	1 ●
Arab, Libyan	Türkiye (Turkey)	24,000	1 ●
Arab, Libyan	Libya	1,612,000	0 ☀︎
Arab, Libyan	Niger	14,000	1 ●
Arab, Libyan	Tunisia	546,000	1 ●
Arab, Libyan	United Kingdom	25,000	1 ●
Arab, Libyan	United States	17,000	1 ●
Bedouin, Fezzan	Libya	220,000	0 ☀︎
Bedouin, Kufra	Libya	29,000	0 ☀︎
Bedouin, Riyah	Libya	36,000	0 ☀︎
Bedouin, Sanusi	Libya	640,000	0 ☀︎
Bedouin, Sirtican	Libya	36,000	0 ☀︎
Berber, Jalo	Libya	51,000	0 ☀︎
Berber, Jofra	Libya	34,000	1 ●
Kharga, Selima	Egypt	38,000	0 ☀︎
Muhamasheen, Akhdam	Libya	128,000	1 ●
Totals: 24			24 ●

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
	No reported people groups speaking this as secondary language
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Download Sources Definitions Prayer Cards

Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	ayl
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Unspecified
Progress Scale	●

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Language Alternate Names
Arabic, Libyan Spoken
Bedawi
Libyan Arabic
Libyan Spoken Arabic
Libyan Vernacular Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic
Sulaimitian Arabic
Western Egyptian Bedawi Arabic
Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic

Dialects
Eastern Libyan Arabic
Libyan
Northeast Egyptian Bedawi
Southern Libyan Arabic
Tripolitanian Arabic
Western Egyptian
Western Egyptian Bedawi Arabic

Dialect Alternate Names
Arabic, Libyan
Bedawi
Libyan Spoken Arabic

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	None Reported
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

Possible Print Bibles
Not Available

Resource Directories
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Format ▲	Resource (Direct link)	Source (General link)
Audio Recordings	Arabic Bible Online	Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Jesus Film Project
Film / Video	LUMO film of Gospels	Bible Media Group/LUMO
Film / Video	My Last Day video, anime	Jesus Film Project
General	Faith Comes By Hearing - Bible in text or audio or video	Faith Comes by Hearing
General	Scripture Earth Gospel resources links	Scripture Earth
Text / Printed Matter	Tools for faith conversations	Cru

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
Data is not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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