Ethnologue 14 report for language code:AFB

ARABIC, GULF SPOKEN: a language of Iraq

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: AFB

ISO 639-2: sem

Population

40,000 in Iraq. Population total all countries 2,440,000 (1995).

Region

In and around Zubair and on the Fau Peninsula. Also spoken in Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen.

Alternate names

KHALIJI, GULF ARABIC

Dialects

ZUBAIR-FAAU ARABIC.

Classification

Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.

Also spoken in:

Bahrain

Language name	ARABIC, GULF SPOKEN
Population	100,000 in Bahrain (1995).
Alternate names	KHALIJI, GULF ARABIC
Dialects	BAHRAINI GULF ARABIC.
Comments	Sunni Muslim. See main entry under Iraq.

Iran

Language name	ARABIC, GULF SPOKEN
Population	200,000 in Iran (1993).
Alternate names	KHALIJI, GULF ARABIC
Dialects	AL-HASAA.
Comments	See main entry under Iraq.

Kuwait

Language name	ARABIC, GULF SPOKEN
Population	500,000 in Kuwait, 85% of the population (1986).
Alternate names	KHALIJI
Dialects	KUWAITI HADARI ARABIC.
Comments	Muslim. See main entry under Iraq.

Oman

Language name	ARABIC, GULF SPOKEN
Population	441,000 in Oman (1995).
Alternate names	OMANI BEDAWI ARABIC, BEDAWI, GULF ARABIC, KHALIJI
Comments	Muslim. See main entry under Iraq.

Qatar

Language name	ARABIC, GULF SPOKEN
Population	103,600 in Qatar, 56% of the population (1986).
Alternate names	KHALIJI, QATARI, GULF ARABIC
Dialects	NORTH QATARI ARABIC, SOUTH QATARI ARABIC.
Comments	Muslim. See main entry under Iraq.

Saudi Arabia

Language name	ARABIC, GULF SPOKEN
Population	200,000 in Saudi Arabia.
Alternate names	GULF SPOKEN
Dialects	AL-HASAA.
Comments	See main entry under Iraq.

United Arab Emirates

Language name	ARABIC, GULF SPOKEN
Population	744,000 in UAE.
Alternate names	KHALIJI, GULF ARABIC
Comments	Government officials, oil administration, business leaders, military, police, university professors, sports coaches. Muslim. See main entry under Iraq.