Semitic Languages - Living Semitic Languages By Number of Speakers

Living Semitic Languages By Number of Speakers

lang speakers
Arabic 206,000,000
Amharic 27,000,000
Tigrinya 6,700,000
Hebrew 5,000,000
Neo-Aramaic 2,105,000
Silt'e 830,000
Tigre 800,000
Sebat Bet Gurage 440,000
Maltese 371,900
Modern South Arabian 360,000
Inor 280,000
Soddo 250,000
Harari 21,283

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