Gulf Arabic
variety of the Arabic language spoken in Eastern Arabia around the coasts of the Persian Gulf
Gulf Arabic (خليجي Ḵalījī local pronunciation: [χɐˈliːdʒi] or اللهجة الخليجية il-lahja il-Ḵalījīya, local pronunciation: [(ɪ)lˈlɐhdʒɐ lχɐˈliːdʒiːjɐ]) is a variety of the Arabic language spoken in Eastern Arabia[2] 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.[3]
| 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)[1] |
| Arabic alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | afb |
| Glottolog | gulf1241 |
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References
changeCitations
change- ↑ Gulf Arabic at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- ↑ Holes (2001), pp. xvi–xvii.
- ↑ Languages of Iran Ethnologue
Sources
change- 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
change- AlBader, Yousuf B. (2015). Semantic Innovation and Change in Kuwaiti Arabic: A Study of the Polysemy of Verbs (Thesis). University of Sheffield.