Language Family

Afro-Asiatic

Algerian Arabic

دزيرية
Astoria, Bath Beach

Algerian Judeo-Arabic

العربية اليهودية الجزائرية
Midwood

Amharic

ኣማርኛ
East Orange (NJ), Hamilton Heights, Norwood

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܣܘܪܝܬ
Yonkers (NY)

Biblical Hebrew

לשון הקודש‬
Homecrest, Lakewood (NJ), Washington Heights

Chadian Arabic

لهجة تشادية
Murray Hill

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic

ܣܘܼܪܲܝܬ
Bay Ridge

Chaouia

ⵜⴰⵛⴰⵡⵉⵜ
Astoria

Classical Arabic

الفصحى
East Harlem, Hunts Point, Jamaica Hills, Sunset Park

Coptic

ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ
Dyker Heights, Jersey City (NJ), Ridgewood

Darfurian Arabic

العربية دارفوري
Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Egyptian Arabic

مصرى
Astoria, Bay Ridge, Great Kills, Jersey City (NJ), Ridgewood...

Egyptian Judeo-Arabic

اللهجة المصرية اليهودية
Gravesend

Geʽez

ግዕዝ
Central Harlem, Norwood

Gulf Arabic

خليجي
Midtown

Gurage

ጉራጌ
Norwood

Hassaniya Arabic

حسانية
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Central Harlem

Hausa

هَوُسَا
Central Harlem, Clifton, Fort Greene, Morris Heights

Hebrew

עברית
Crown Heights, East Village, Fair Lawn (NJ), Kew Gardens Hills, Midwood...

Iraqi Arabic

اللهجة العراقية
Bay Ridge

Iraqi Judeo-Arabic

عربية يهودية عراقية‎
Great Neck (NY), Jamaica Estates

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

לשון התרגום
Homecrest, Washington Heights

Jewish Neo-Aramaic (Bijar)

Hulaulá
Great Neck (NY)

Jewish Neo-Aramaic (Sanandaj)

Lišana Nošan
Rego Park

Jewish Neo-Aramaic (Urmia)

Lishán Didán
Great Neck (NY)

Juba Arabic

عربية جوبا
Central Harlem

Kabyle

Taqbaylit
Astoria

Libyan Arabic

ليبي
Astoria

Libyan Judeo-Arabic

اللهجة الليبية اليهودية
Midwood

Maltese

Malti
Astoria

Moroccan Arabic

الدارجة المغربية
Astoria, Bay Ridge, Morris Park

Moroccan Judeo-Arabic

إلعربية ديالنا
Forest Hills, Homecrest, Lenox Hill

Neo-Mandaic

Mandɔyí
Utopia

North Levantine Arabic

(اللهجة الشامية (الشمالية
Astoria, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Heights, Financial District, Yonkers (NY)...

Oromo

Afan Oromoo
Central Harlem

Siwi

سيوية
Astoria

Somali

Soomaali
Central Harlem

South Levantine Arabic

(اللهجة الشامية (الجنوبية
Bay Ridge, Paterson (NJ)

Sudanese Arabic

لهجة سودانية
Carroll Gardens

Syriac

ܣܘܪܝܝܐ
Boerum Hill, Paramus (NJ)

Syrian Judeo-Arabic

اللهجة السورية اليهودية
Deal (NJ), Gravesend, Lower East Side

Syro-Malankara Syriac

ܣܘܪܝܝܐ
Floral Park (NY)

Tarifit

ⵜⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉⵜ
Astoria

Tashelhyt

ⵜⴰⵛⵍⵃⵉⵜ
Astoria

Tigre

ትግራይት
Castle Hill

Tigrinya

ትግርኛ
Castle Hill, Morningside Heights

Tuareg

ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵌⴰⵆ
Central Harlem

Tunisian Arabic

تونسي
Astoria

Tunisian Judeo-Arabic

اللهجة التونسية اليهودية
Midwood

Turoyo Neo-Aramaic

ܣܘܪܝܬ
Haworth (NJ)

Yemeni Arabic

لهجة يمنية
Bay Ridge, Cobble Hill, Van Nest

Yemenite Judeo-Arabic

اليمني
Borough Park

Zuwara

ⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗ
Astoria
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