Flashcards: Languages of Libya

Libyan Arabic ( Arabic: ليبي‎‎ Lībi; also known as Sulaimitian Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken in Libya and neighboring countries.

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA; Arabic: اللغة العربية الفصحى‎‎ al-lughah al-ʻArabīyah al-fuṣḥá 'the most eloquent Arabic language'), Standard Arabic, or Literary Arabic is the standardized and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and in most formal speech.

Sokna (also Sawknah, Sukna, native name: Tasuknit) is a Berber language, which was spoken in the town of Sokna (Isuknan) and the village of Fuqaha in northeastern Fezzan in Libya.

Arabic (Arabic: العَرَبِيَّة‎‎, Al-ʻarabiyyah [ʔalʕaraˈbijːah] or Arabic: عَرَبِيّ‎‎ ʻarabiyy [ʕaraˈbijː] ) is the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century and its modern descendants, excluding Maltese.

Ghadames (Berber: Ɛdimes, [ʕdimes] or Ɣdames, [Ɣdames]; Arabic: غدامس, [ɣadaːmes]) is a Berber language that is spoken in the oasis town of Ghadames in Nalut District, Libya.

The Teda language, also known as Tedaga, is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Teda people in southern Libya, northern Chad, and eastern Niger.

Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic (also known as Tripolitanian Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Tripolitanian-Libyan Arabic, Tripolita'it, Yudi) is a variety of Arabic spoken by Jews formerly living in Libya.

Awjila (also: Aujila, Augila, Aoudjila, Awgila, Awdjila, native name: Tawjilit) is a severely endangered (considered “moribund” by the Ethnologue) Eastern Berber language spoken in Cyrenaica, Libya, in the Awjila oasis.

Domari is an Indo-Aryan language, spoken by older Dom people scattered across the Middle East and North Africa.

Zuwara Berber (Zuara, Zwara) is a Berber dialect, one of the Zenati languages.

Nafusi (also spelled Nefusi, Berber name: Maziɣ or Tanfusit) is a Berber language spoken in the Nafusa Mountains (Drar n infusen), a large area in northwestern Libya.

Zurg, or Kufra, is an extinct Berber language that was spoken in the town of Kufra in southeastern Libya.

Libyan Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Libya.

Tamahaq is the only known Northern Tuareg language spoken in Algeria, western Libya, and northern Niger.