Arabic, Gulf Spoken

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A language of Kuwait

ISO 639-3
afb
Alternate Names
Khaliji
Population

1,000,000 in Kuwait (2014). Population total all countries: 5,342,000.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language, widely used in public administration.

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Dialects

Kuwaiti Bedouin Arabic, Kuwaiti Hadari Arabic. A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].

Language Development
Grammar.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Gulf Spoken
Writing

Arabic script [Arab].

Other Comments

Muslim.

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