What languages are spoken in Dubai?

Answer 1

The 1 official language of Dubai is Modern Standard Arabic. The national language is Gulf Arabic.

English is the lingua franca, and the second most spoken language in Dubai.

Most of the languages spoken in Dubai are due to Immigration and foreign workers. Here is a list of the most common languages spoken in Dubai:

1. Arabic, Modern Standard
   
2. Arabic, Gulf
   
3. English
4. Malayalam
5. Hindi
6. Urdu
7. Gujarati
8. Persian
9. Sindhi
10. Tamil
11. Punjabi
12. Pashto
13. Bengali
14. Balochi
15. Tulu
16. Kannada
17. Sinhala
18. Marathi
19. Telugu
20. Tagalog
21. Chinese
22. Emirati Sign Language

Emirati Sign Language is a deaf sign language of the United Arab Emirates. However, it's an unstudied language or language family, and the variations are not known. Also, as of 2017, no dictionary exists for Emirati Sign Language.

Answer 2

Arabic is spoken by the native (Emiratis)

The rest speaks english, and there are a lot of nationalities working in Dubai

But the most interesting aspect you will find is that the most spoken language in Dubai is simply MALAYALAM. Most of the times it may appear that u have reached Kerala. Most of the restaurants belong to these people, and these people become a regular sight in every activity u observe in Dubai.

I will add to this:

Arabic is the official language of the UAE and is spoken widely by the locals, other Arabian gulf visitors or residents, people from Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and many more indeed. The UAE is very much a multicultural society.

English is widely and always spoken too, many locals know excellent English and some are bilingual or even trilingual at the very least. It is normal for one to know at least two, three or more languages. Highly likely locals know Arabic, English or French and Hindi, some may know far Asian languages such as Japanese and Persian or Tagalog and even others.

English is everywhere and the second largest language in the UAE after Arabic, next is French-which is a second language for the Lebanese residing in the country, then Indian then other far Asian languages and after that even Russian.
People in Dubai will speak Arabic.
Arabic and English
English - the language of business...
Arabic is the primary language. English is also spoken.
Arabic and french
It is mostly Arabic and English.

1. It is sometimes Arabic because some people come for a vist and they will ouvisly speak a diffrent lauguge

Answer 3

Arabic is the official language of the United Arab Emirates. However, it being a multi-cultural society, many languages are spoken.

English is well known by most foreigners and locals alike and very dominant in the country. Then there is French, Iranian, Hindi, Urdu, Tagalog, Russian and other European and far Eastern languages such as Chinese and Korean. People in the UAE easily know two or more languages.

Arabic is the only language accepted in legally binding contracts and laws within the UAE.

Officially Arabic but most people know English as their second language.

However, due to high number of non-resident expatriates in the country other languages are widely used being English, Hindi & Urdu

Answer

Well according to official statistics there are more than 200 different nationalities in labour market in the UAE. The population of the Emirates would be 80 % of foreigners for 20 % of Emiratis. Having the chance to stay there on several occasions I can tell u that Arabic is the official language, English is spoken almost everywhere. And you can mostly hear Indian dialects, Pakistanis, Filipinos, Bangladeshis, Farsi.
Arabic, with English as a second language
The official language is Arabic, but English is widely used.
Arabic is the official first language of the UAE (including Dubai). The most spoken language is probably Arabic, but most residents and expatriates speak English.

Dubai is in the United Arab Emirates, the native tongue here is Arabic. However widely used in retail, hospitality, hotels, and especially business is English.

So to answer your questions I would say the language MOSTLY spoken in Dubai is English.

Answer 4

The 1 official language of the UAE is Modern Standard Arabic, the national language is Gulf Arabic.

English is the primary lingua franca in the UAE. As such, a knowledge of the language is a requirement when applying for most local jobs.

Here is list of the major languages spoken in the UAE (including immigrant and guestworker languages):

1. Arabic, Modern Standard
   
2. Arabic, Gulf
   
3. Arabic, Egyptian
4. Arabic, Omani
5. Bengali
6. Danish
7. Emirati Sign Language
8. English
   
9. Goan Konkani
10. Greek
11. Hindi
    
12. Italian
13. Japanese
    
14. Malay
15. Malayalam
    
16. Persian
    
17. Polish
18. Punjabi, Eastern
19. Serbian
20. Sinhala
21. Somali
22. Soqotri
23. Urdu

Emirati Sign Language is a deaf sign language of the United Arab Emirates. It is largely unstudied, so it may be a set of dialect or a set of completely different languages. As of 2017, no dictionary or standardization has been introduced.

Answer 5

Must be English.., followed by Arabic and Urdu. Malayalam and Hindi are also widely used.

Answer 6

Arabic, English, Urdu and Malayalam.

Abu Dhabi is an Arabic city. however, it has many nationalities. the most languges used are Arabic & English.

Answer 7

Arabic is the official first language of the UAE (including Dubai). The most spoken language is probably Arabic, but most residents and expatriates speak English.

Answer 8

Arabic, with English as a second language

Answer 9

People in Dubai will speak Arabic.

Answer 10

ARABIC