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Language: Arabic, Gulf

Population of Groups Speaking

7,890,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

Portions

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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
Arab	Bahrain	144,000	4 ●
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Canada	80,000	1 ●
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Denmark	1,400	4 ●
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Egypt	1,896,000	1 ●
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Iran	296,000	1 ●
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Iraq	90,000	1 ●
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Kuwait	1,370,000	1 ●
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Oman	756,000	1 ●
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Qatar	536,000	1 ●
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Saudi Arabia	1,070,000	1 ●
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	United States	21,000	1 ●
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Yemen	18,000	1 ●
Arab, Emirati	United Arab Emirates	1,108,000	1 ●
Bedouin, Gulf	United Arab Emirates	187,000	0 ☀︎
Jewish, Arabic-speaking	Bahrain	-1 Unknown	0 ☀︎
Muhamasheen, Akhdam	Kuwait	67,000	1 ●
Muhamasheen, Akhdam	Qatar	249,000	1 ●
Romani, Domari	United Arab Emirates	500	1 ●
Totals: 18			16 ●

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
	Arab, Iranian	Iran	579,000	1 ●
	Totals: 1			1 ●

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	afb
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Portions
Progress Scale	●

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Language Alternate Names
Al-Hasâ
Arabic Gulf
Bedawi
Emirati Arabic
Gulf Arabic
Gulf Spoken
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, Gulf: Al-Hasaa
Arabic, Gulf: Bahraini Gulf Arabic
Arabic, Gulf: Eastern Saudi Arabia
Arabic, Gulf: Kuwaiti Hadari Arabic
Arabic, Kuwaiti Hadari
Khaleeji
Khaliji

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	2009-2024
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Format ▲	Resource (Direct link)	Source (General link)
Audio Recordings	Arabic Bible Online	Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching	Global Recordings Network
Film / Video	God's Love Story	General / Other
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Jesus Film Project
Film / Video	Magdalena video	Jesus Film Project
General	Scripture Earth Gospel resources links	Scripture Earth
General	YouVersion Bible versions in text and/or audio	YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App	Android Bible app: Arabic, Gulf	YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App	Android Bible app: أديعة MAT	Internet Publishing Sevice
Mobile App	Android Bible app: أديعة MAT–EAT	Internet Publishing Sevice
Mobile App	iOS Bible app: Arabic, Gulf	YouVersion Bibles
Text / Printed Matter	Tools for faith conversations	Cru

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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