Languages of Jordan
See language map.[See also SIL publications on the languages of Jordan.]
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, al Mamlaka al Urduniya al Hashemiyah. 5,544,000. National or official language: Standard Arabic. Literacy rate: 71%–80%. Immigrant languages: Egyptian Spoken Arabic (10,000), Greek, Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic (500,000), North Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic (200,000), Northern Kurdish (4,000), South Azerbaijani (4,000). Also includes people from Pakistan, Philippines (5,000). Information mainly from W. Fischer and O. Jastrow 1980; B. Ingham 1982; T. Johnstone 1967; T. Sebeok 1963. Blind population: 9,000 (1982 WCE). Deaf population: 240,155. Deaf institutions: 2. The number of individual languages listed for Jordan is 10. Of those, all are living languages.
| Adyghe | [ady]
44,300 in Jordan (1986).
Alternate names: Adygey, West Circassian.
Classification: North Caucasian, West Caucasian, Circassian
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| Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken | [avl]
700,000 in Jordan. Widespread but especially east.
Alternate names: Bedawi.
Dialects: South Levantine Bedawi Arabic, North Levantine Bedawi Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
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| Arabic, Najdi Spoken | [ars]
50,000 in Jordan. Far eastern Jordan.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
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| Arabic, South Levantine Spoken | [ajp]
3,500,000 in Jordan (1996). Population total all countries: 6,200,000. Also in Argentina, Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, Libya, Palestinian West Bank and Gaza, Puerto Rico, Syria.
Alternate names: Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Palestinian-Jordanian, South Levantine Arabic.
Dialects: Madani, Fellahi. Village to village difference of which speakers are aware. Newly emerging urban standard dialect based on Amman.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
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| Arabic, Standard | [arb]
Middle East, North Africa.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
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| Armenian | [hye]
8,000 in Jordan (1971).
Dialects: Western Armenian.
Classification: Indo-European, Armenian
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| Chechen | [che]
3,000 in Jordan (Johnstone 1993). 2 or 3 villages mixed among Adygey [ady] and Arabic speakers.
Classification: North Caucasian, East Caucasian, Nakh, Chechen-Ingush
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| Domari | [rmt]
4,910 in Jordan (2000).
Alternate names: Barake, Gypsy, Kurbat, Middle Eastern Romani, Nawar, Tsigene.
Dialects: Nawar, Kurbat, Barake.
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Dom
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| Jordanian Sign Language | [jos]
Alternate names: Lughat il-Ishaarah il-Urduniah, LIU.
Classification: Deaf sign language
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| Kabardian | [kbd]
56,000 in Jordan (2005 Circassian Association). Amman; Jerash; Sweileh; Russeifa; Zarqa.
Classification: North Caucasian, West Caucasian, Circassian
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