Endengered languages - Cypriot Arabic

1. Variant(s): Cypriot Maronite Arabic
2. Geographical location: Cyprus: a few villages in the north
3. Relationships: /Arabic/Semitic
4. Present state of the language: SERIOUSLY ENDANGERED
   (a) children speakers: a few children may learn the language, but even they become more active in Greek (b) mean age of youngest speakers: (c) distribution by sex: (d) total number of speakers, members of the ethnic group: 2,000 speakers out of many thousands Maronites (e) degree of speakers' competence: Greek influence has been strong for a long time to make Cypriot Arabic a hybrid language, and the influence is even stronger today
5. Sources:
   (i) information (about the language): -- (ii) published and unpublished material (of the language): a little (iii) competent scholar(s) and institution(s): --
6. Remarks:
7. Compiler: Tapani Salminen, Helsinki, 31 Dec 1993