As of 2023, there were eight living indigenous languages in Libya. The country had four endangered languages, meaning that they were not being learned by children anymore, but not yet dying. In addition, two languages were used at institutional levels in the country.
Number of living languages in Libya as of 2023, by status
The source categorizes languages as follows:
Institutional — The language has been developed to the point that it is used and sustained by institutions beyond the home and community.
Stable — The language is not being sustained by formal institutions, but it is still the norm in the home and community that all children learn and use the language.
Endangered — It is no longer the norm that children learn and use this language.
Extinct - The language is no longer used and no one retains a sense of ethnic identity associated with the language.
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Ethnologue. (March 8, 2023). Number of living languages in Libya as of 2023, by status [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1280630/number-of-living-languages-in-libya-by-status/
Ethnologue. "Number of living languages in Libya as of 2023, by status." Chart. March 8, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1280630/number-of-living-languages-in-libya-by-status/
Ethnologue. (2023). Number of living languages in Libya as of 2023, by status. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1280630/number-of-living-languages-in-libya-by-status/
Ethnologue. "Number of Living Languages in Libya as of 2023, by Status." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1280630/number-of-living-languages-in-libya-by-status/
Ethnologue, Number of living languages in Libya as of 2023, by status Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1280630/number-of-living-languages-in-libya-by-status/ (last visited November 05, 2024)
Number of living languages in Libya as of 2023, by status [Graph], Ethnologue, March 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1280630/number-of-living-languages-in-libya-by-status/
