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Gulf Arabic

 
Wikipedia: Gulf Arabic
Gulf Arabic
Spoken in Kuwait, eastern part of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, parts of Oman
Total speakers
Language family Afro-Asiatic
Writing system Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1 None
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3 afb

Gulf Arabic (also known as Khaliji, al-lahja al-khalijiya اللهجة الخليجية) is a variety of the Arabic language spoken around both shores of the Persian Gulf such as in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and parts of Oman. Some notable characteristics that set it apart from other Arabian dialects are the small number of Persian loanwords, and a pronunciation of k as ch (kalb "dog," read as chalb); q as g (daqiqa "minute," read as dagiga); and, in some instances, the pronunciation j as y (jeeb "bring" (masc), read as yeeb).

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