Gulf Arabic (Speech variety #7089)
| Speech Variety Code: | #7089 |
| Speech Variety Name: | Gulf Arabic |
| Status: | Verified |
| Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code: | Does not qualify |
| ISO 639-3 Language Code: | afb |
| ISO 639-3 Language Name: | Gulf Arabic |
| ISO Macrolanguage Name: | |
| Ethnologue 16th Edition Code: | afb |
| Ethnologue 16th Edition Name: | Arabic, Gulf |
| GRN Name: | Arabic, Gulf |
| Number of speakers: | 2440000 |
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Alternate names for Gulf Arabic
Bedawi
Gulf Arabic
Gulf Spoken
Khaliji
Omani Bedawi Arabic
Qatari
Where Gulf Arabic is spoken
Bahrain
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Related speech varieties
There are 7 similar speech varieties that share the same ISO 639-3 language code:
Arabic, Gulf: Bahraini Gulf Arabic
Arabic, Gulf: Kuwaiti Hadari Arabic
Arabic, Gulf: North Qatari Arabic
Arabic, Gulf: South Qatari Arabic
Arabic, Gulf: Zubair-Faau Arabic
If you have more information about the Gulf Arabic language, please contact the ROD Steward.