Jordan

Extensive List of Languages of Jordan: Spoken and Extinct Languages

Adyghe [ady] 44,300 in Jordan (1986). Alternate names: Adygey, West Circassian. Classification: North Caucasian, West Caucasian, Circassian

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

Arabic, Najdi Spoken [ars] 50,000 in Jordan. Far eastern Jordan. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

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

Arabic, Standard [arb] Middle East, North Africa. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Armenian [hye] 8,000 in Jordan (1971). Dialects: Western Armenian. Classification: Indo-European, Armenian

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

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

Jordanian Sign Language [jos] Alternate names: Lughat il-Ishaarah il-Urduniah, LIU. Classification: Deaf sign language

Kabardian [kbd] 56,000 in Jordan (2005 Circassian Association). Amman; Jerash; Sweileh; Russeifa; Zarqa.Classification: North Caucasian, West Caucasian, Circassian

:: Reference ::
Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/