Lebanon

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1 (National)

Arabic, Standard

[arb] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1943, Constitution, Article 11).

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

[apc] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 3,900,000 in Lebanon (1991).

English

[eng] 3 (Wider communication). 3,300 in Lebanon (2004).

French

[fra] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 16,600 in Lebanon (2004).

Armenian

[hye] 4 (Educational). De facto language of national identity. 235,000 in Lebanon (1986).

Kurdish, Northern

[kmr] 4 (Educational). 75,000 in Lebanon (Meho 2002). Ethnic population: 215,000.