Arabic, Libyan Spoken
A language of Libya
| Population | 4,000,000 in Libya (2006). Population total all countries: 4,321,000. |
| Region | Especially north half. Also in Egypt, Niger. |
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Egypt and Libya |
| Alternate names | Libyan Vernacular Arabic, Sulaimitian Arabic, Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic |
| Dialects | Tripolitanian Arabic, Southern Libyan Arabic, Eastern Libyan Arabic. In the west it is similar to Bedouin Arabic of southern Tunisia [aeb]. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara] (Saudi Arabia). |
| Comments | Agriculturalists: wheat, barley, olives, citrus, dates; animal husbandry. Muslim (Sunni). |
Also spoken in:
Egypt
| Language name | Arabic, Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken |
| Population | 316,000 in Egypt (2002). |
| Region | Bedouin regions from Alexandria edge west to Libya border; some in western oases. |
| Language map |
Egypt and Libya |
| Alternate names | Bedawi, Libyan Spoken Arabic, Maghrebi Arabic, Sulaimitian Arabic |
| Dialects | Western Egyptian Bedawi Arabic, Tripolitanian Arabic, Southern Libyan Arabic, Eastern Libyan Arabic. |
| Comments | Muslim (Sunni). |
Niger
| Language name | Arabic, Libyan Spoken |
| Population | 5,000 in Niger (1998). |
| Region | East, north of N’guigmi near Ngourti. |
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Niger |
| Alternate names | Libyan Vernacular Arabic, Sulaimitian Arabic |
| Comments | Muslim. |
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