Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Abkhaz (secondary) · Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (secondary) · Chechen (secondary) · Egyptian Arabic (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Modern Greek (secondary) · Modern Greek (biblical terms) (secondary) · Northern Kurdish (secondary) · Turkish (secondary) · West Circassian (secondary) · Western Armenian (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Syria

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Arab, Syrian	16215000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Turkmen, Middle-Eastern	2068000	Turkish	Islam
Alawite	1908000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Kurd, Kurmanji	1804000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	1607000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam
Druze	826000	Arabic, Levantine	Other / Small
Arab, North Iraqi	529000	Arabic, North Mesopotamian	Islam
Assyrian, Suret	228000	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Christianity
Arab, Lebanese general	114000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Bedouin, Levantine	94000	Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi	Islam
Arab, Egyptian general	92000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam
Deaf	88000	Language unknown	Unknown
Armenian	79000	Armenian, Western	Christianity
Ossette	66000	Ossetic	Islam
Arab, Iraqi	65000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam
Persian	62000	Persian, Iranian	Islam
Kabardian	46000	Kabardian	Islam
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	42000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam
Adyghe	33000	Adyghe	Islam
Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo	31000	Turoyo	Christianity
Arab, Palestinian	27000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Arab, Jordanian	27000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Aramaic, West	23000	Western Neo-Aramaic	Islam
Yazidi	15000	Arabic, Levantine	Ethnic Religions
French	13000	French	Christianity
Domari	11000	Domari	Islam
Abkhaz	7400	Abkhaz	Islam
Chaldean	7200	Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	Christianity
Greek	6900	Greek	Christianity
Chechen	5800	Chechen	Islam

Languages

24 languages recorded here.

Abkhaz

Adyghe

Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi

Arabic, Egyptian

Arabic, Levantine

Arabic, Mesopotamian

Arabic, Najdi

Arabic, North Mesopotamian

Armenian, Western

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Azerbaijani, South

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic

Chechen

Domari

French

Greek

Kabardian

Kurdish, Northern

Language unknown

Ossetic

Persian, Iranian

Turkish

Turoyo

Western Neo-Aramaic

All catalogue fields

159 fields recorded

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iso3: SYR
iso2: SY
ctry: Syria
poplpeoples: 26141000
cntpeoples: 30
cntpeopleslr: 19
poplpeopleslr: 9265000
jpscalectry: 2
rol3officiallanguage: arb
officiallang: Arabic, Standard
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 5.3567885365705
percentevangelical: 0.1724623463819
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
regioncode: 6
regionname: Africa, North and Middle East
workersneeded: 190
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harvest_iso3: SYR
harvest_iso2: SY
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harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: SY
harvest_countrynumber: 205
harvest_ctry: Syria
harvest_ctryshort: Syria
harvest_altname: Syrian Arab Republic
harvest_countrynamechinese: 叙利亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 叙利亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Syrië
harvest_countrynamefrench: Syrie
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Syrie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Syrien
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Syrien
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Suriah
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Suriah
harvest_countrynameitalian: Siria
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Siria
harvest_countrynamekorean: 시리아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 시리아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Syria
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Syria
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Síria
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Síria
harvest_countrynamerussian: Сирия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Сирия
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harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Siria
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harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
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harvest_rog2: ASI
harvest_regioncode2414: 14
harvest_regioncode: 6
harvest_unsr: 145
harvest_worldabc: B
harvest_capital: Damascus
harvest_population: 25620000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/syria.html
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harvest_c_10_40window: Y
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harvest_literacyrate: 86
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
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harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: apc
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harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0.01
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 90
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harvest_pctjudaism: 0
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harvest_pctother: 2.25
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harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 3.02
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harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A001
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harvest_hdirank: 149
harvest_internetusers: 31.9
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harvest_flashmapzoomy: -242
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harvest_googlemaplng: 38
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harvest_ctrylongitude: 38.996815
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/syria/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 204
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.847662141779789
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=sy&joshua=sy
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-syria
harvest_internetusage: 34
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-syria/
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/syria/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 71498
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 185180
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 241
harvest_countryphonecode: 963
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=617
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harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 0.1
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harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0.1
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harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .sy
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/syria
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00