Gulf Arabic: Variety of the Arabic language spoken in Eastern Arabia around the coasts of the Persian Gulf
Gulf Arabic (خليجي Ḵalījī local pronunciation: or اللهجة الخليجية il-lahja il-Ḵalījīya, local pronunciation: ) is a variety of the Arabic language spoken in Eastern Arabia around the coasts of the Persian Gulf in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, eastern Saudi Arabia, northern Oman, and by some Iranian Arabs.
| Gulf Arabic | |
|---|---|
| خليجي, Ḵalījī اللهجة الخليجية, il-lahja il-Ḵalījīya | |
| Pronunciation | [χɐˈliːdʒi] |
| Native to | Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and parts of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Oman, Kuwait |
Native speakers | 6.8 million (2016) |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Arabic alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | afb |
| Glottolog | gulf1241 |
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References
Citations
Sources
- Awde, Nicholas; Smith, Kevin (2003), Arabic dictionary, London: Bennett & Bloom, ISBN 1-898948-20-8
- Frawley, William (2003), International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, vol. 1, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195139771
- Holes, Clive (2001), Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia: Glossary, Brill, ISBN 9004107630
- Qafisheh, Hamdi A. (1977), A short reference grammar of Gulf Arabic, Tucson, Az.: University of Arizona Press, ISBN 0-8165-0570-5
Further reading
- AlBader, Yousuf B. (2015). Semantic Innovation and Change in Kuwaiti Arabic: A Study of the Polysemy of Verbs (Thesis). University of Sheffield.
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