Qatar

Summary

Official Name

State of Qatar

International Conventions

CPPDCE (2009), CSICH (2008), ICCPR (2018), UNCRPD (2008), UNDRIP (2007)

Population

2,832,000

Principal Languages

Gulf Spoken Arabic, Standard Arabic

Literacy Rate

97% (2015 World Factbook)

Language Counts

The number of established languages listed for Qatar is 4. All are living languages. Of these, 1 is indigenous and 3 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 3 are institutional and 1 is developing. Also listed are 15 unestablished languages.

Languages

Arabic, Egyptian Spoken arz: Users: 57,000 in Qatar (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Arabic, Gulf Spoken afb: Widespread. Users: 788,000 in Qatar (2019). Status: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language, absent from formal education. Alternate Names: Gulf Arabic, Qatari Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Arabic, Hijazi Spoken acw: Users: 27,800 in Qatar (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Arabic, Najdi Spoken ars: Users: 57,000 in Qatar (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken apc: Widespread. Users: 561,000 in Qatar (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken ajp: Widespread. Users: 380,000 in Qatar (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Arabic, Standard arb: Widespread. Users: 1,100,000 in Qatar (2015 SIL), all users. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (2003, Constitution, Article 1). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Arabic, Sudanese Spoken apd: Users: 57,000 in Qatar (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Armenian, Western hyw: Users: 8,500 in Qatar (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Armenian
Balochi, Southern bcc: Users: 57,000 in Qatar (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Balochi
English eng: Users: 42,000 in Qatar (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
French fra: Scattered. Users: 114,500 in Qatar, all users. L1 users: 8,500 in Qatar (2019). L2 users: 106,000 (2018). Status: 4 (Educational). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French
Malayalam mal: Users: 78,900 in Qatar (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Malayalam
Persian, Iranian pes: Scattered. Users: 283,000 in Qatar (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Persian, Western Farsi Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian
Sinhala sin: Users: 57,000 in Qatar (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Southern, Sinhalese-Maldivian
Tagalog tgl: Users: 127,000 in Qatar (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Tagalog
Tamil tam: Users: 27,800 in Qatar (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Tamil
Urdu urd: Users: 180,000 in Qatar (2010). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Western Hindi, Hindustani