Alternate Names: Libyan Vernacular Arabic, Sulaimitian Arabic, Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic
Dialects: Eastern Libyan Arabic, Southern Libyan Arabic, Tripolitanian Arabic. In the west it is reportedly similar to Bedouin Arabic of southern Tunisia ,. A member of macrolanguage Arabic ,.
Status Notes: De facto national working language.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,000,000 in Libya (2006), increasing. Population total all countries: 4,320,500.
Language Use: Language not considered proper for official occasions, but at university, lecturers use it alongside Standard Arabic [arb]. Daily life. All ages. Used as L2 by Awjilah [auj].
Language Development: Taught in primary and secondary schools. Poetry. New media. Radio programs. TV. Videos. Grammar.
Typology: VSO.
Spoken In: Libya
Nation of Origin: Libya
Other Comments: Muslim (Sunni).