Language:

Population of People Groups Speaking

8,300,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

17

Scripture Status

Audio Bible

Jesus Film

Gospel Recordings

Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(17 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Canada 83,000 Progress Gauge
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Egypt 1,847,000 Progress Gauge
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Iran 307,000 Progress Gauge
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Iraq 52,000 Progress Gauge
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Kuwait 1,567,000 Progress Gauge
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Oman 909,000 Progress Gauge
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Qatar 622,000 Progress Gauge
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Saudi Arabia 924,000 Progress Gauge
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Sweden 7,700 Progress Gauge
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken United States 21,000 Progress Gauge
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Yemen 22,000 Progress Gauge
 Arab, Emirati United Arab Emirates 1,337,000 Progress Gauge
 Arab, general Bahrain 162,000 Progress Gauge
 Bedouin, Gulf United Arab Emirates 225,000 Progress Gauge
 Jewish, Arabic-speaking Bahrain Unknown Progress Gauge
 Muhamasheen, Akhdam Kuwait 79,000 Progress Gauge
 Muhamasheen, Akhdam Qatar 135,000 Progress Gauge
  Totals:  17     16 ◼︎ (3 ✸︎)
SECONDARY Language
(1 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Arab, Iranian Iran 601,000 Progress Gauge
  Totals:  1     1 ◼︎ (0 ✸︎)

Item Value
Status
Language Code afb
Written Yes
Bible Translation Portions

Language Family
Ethnologue Afro-Asiatic
Glottolog Afro-Asiatic

More Information
Ethnologue
Glottolog
Swordshare
GRN MapApp
ISO639-3
PeopleGroups.org
Wikipedia

Language Alternate Names
Al-Hasâ
Arabic Gulf
Bedawi
Emirati Arabic
Gulf Arabic
Gulf Spoken
Gulf Spoken Arabic
Khaliji
Khamseh
Omani Bedawi Arabic
Qatari

Dialects
Al-hasaa
Bahraini Gulf Arabic
Eastern Saudi Arabia
Gulf
Khamseh
Kuwaiti Bedouin Arabic
Kuwaiti Hadari Arabic
North Qatari Arabic
South Qatari Arabic
Zubair-Faau Arabic

Dialect Alternate Names
Al-Hasa
Arabic, Gulf
Arabic, Gulf Spoken
Arabic, Kuwaiti Hadari
Khaleeji
Khaliji