Languages of the country

Lebanon

Official language: Arabic. Population (CLDR): 5.4 million.

Map of regions

We have not described regional languages for this country yet – the map shows the whole country in the colour of its main language.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
Arabic العربية Official 86%
Levantine Arabic Widely used 100%
English Widely used 40%
French français Widely used 38%
Armenian հայերեն Minority 5.2%
Kurdish kurdî (kurmancî) Minority 1.7%

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