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Arabic, Gulf Spoken

A language of Iraq

ISO 639-3: afb

Population  40,000 in Iraq. Population total all countries: 3,599,000.
Region  Zubair area, Fau Peninsula. Also in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
Language map  Iraq
Alternate names   Gulf Arabic, Khaliji
Dialects  Zubair-Faau Arabic.
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara] (Saudi Arabia).

Also spoken in:

Bahrain

Language name   Arabic, Gulf Spoken
Population  100,000 in Bahrain (1995).
Alternate names  Gulf Arabic, Khaliji
Dialects  Bahraini Gulf Arabic.
Comments  Muslim (Sunni).
 

Iran

Language name   Arabic, Gulf Spoken
Population  200,000 in Iran (1993).
Region  South coast; Khamseh nomads in east Fars Province; other Arab nomadic groups in several southcentral provinces.
Alternate names  Gulf Arabic, Khaliji
Dialects  Al-Hasâ, Khamseh.
Language use  The largest of 5 Khamseh clans now uses Western Farsi [pes] as L1. Also use Western Farsi.
 

Kuwait

Language name   Arabic, Gulf Spoken
Population  500,000 in Kuwait (1986).
Alternate names  Khaliji
Dialects  Kuwaiti Hadari Arabic.
Comments  Muslim.
 

Oman

Language name   Arabic, Gulf Spoken
Population  441,000 in Oman (1995).
Region  Most coastal and border regions with the United Arab Emirates.
Language map  Oman
Alternate names  Bedawi, Gulf Arabic, Khaliji, Omani Bedawi Arabic
Comments  Muslim.
 

Qatar

Language name   Arabic, Gulf Spoken
Population  104,000 in Qatar (1986).
Alternate names  Gulf Arabic, Khaliji, Qatari
Dialects  North Qatari Arabic, South Qatari Arabic.
Comments  Muslim.
 

Saudi Arabia

Language name   Arabic, Gulf Spoken
Population  200,000 in Saudi Arabia.
Region  Northern and southern Eastern Province.
Alternate names  Gulf Spoken
Dialects  Al-Hasaa.
 

United Arab Emirates

Language name   Arabic, Gulf Spoken
Population  744,000 in United Arab Emirates.
Region  Gulf Bedu or village peoples.
Alternate names  Gulf Arabic, Khaliji
Comments  Government officials; oil administration; commerce leaders; military; police; university professors; sports coaches. Muslim.
 

Yemen

Language name   Arabic, Gulf Spoken
Population  10,000 in Yemen.
Language map  Yemen