Language: Arabic, Gulf Spoken Find language
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Country | Population | Progress Scale |
Primary Religion | % Christian Adherent |
% Evangelical |
Est. Workers Needed * |
Indigenous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken | Saudi Arabia | 969,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.20 % | 0.10 % | 19 | ● |
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Arab, general | Bahrain | 151,000 | 4 ● | Islam | 8.50 % | 2.50 % | -1 - | |
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Arab, Gulf | United Arab Emirates | 2,154,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.40 % | 0.30 % | 43 | ● |
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Arab, Gulf | Egypt | 1,559,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 1.10 % | 0.00 % | 31 | |
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Arab, Gulf | Iran | 272,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 1.20 % | 0.10 % | 5 | |
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Arab, Gulf | Iraq | 77,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.90 % | 0.10 % | 1 | |
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Arab, Gulf | Oman | 741,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.80 % | 0.30 % | 14 | |
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Arab, Gulf | United States | 20,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 4.00 % | 2.00 % | 1 | |
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Arab, Gulf | Yemen | 21,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.60 % | 0.20 % | 1 | |
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Arab, Kuwait | Canada | 1,100 | 1 ● | Islam | 1.90 % | 0.80 % | 1 | |
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Arab, Kuwait | Denmark | 1,300 | 4 ● | Islam | 6.00 % | 4.00 % | -1 - | |
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Arab, Kuwait | Kuwait | 1,325,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 2.00 % | 0.40 % | 26 | ● |
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Arab, Qatar | Qatar | 473,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.50 % | 0.10 % | 9 | ● |
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Arabized Blacks | Kuwait | 65,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 1.00 % | 0.30 % | 1 | |
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Arabized Blacks | Qatar | 246,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 2.00 % | 0.20 % | 4 | ● |
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Bedouin, Gulf | United Arab Emirates | 784,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 15 | ● |
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Jew, Arabic Speaking | Bahrain | -1 Unknown | 1 ● | Ethnic Religions | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
| Totals: 17 | 15 ● | 173 |
* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.
** Only people groups speaking Arabic, Gulf Spoken as primary language are listed. Other groups may speak Arabic, Gulf Spoken as a secondary language.
** Only people groups speaking Arabic, Gulf Spoken as primary language are listed. Other groups may speak Arabic, Gulf Spoken as a secondary language.
| Item | Code |
|---|---|
| Status | |
| Ethnologue Code | afb |
| Written | Yes |
| Linguist List | |
| Language Archives |
| Language Alternate Names |
|---|
| Al-Hasâ |
| Arabic Gulf |
| Bedawi |
| Gulf Arabic |
| Gulf Spoken |
| Khaliji |
| Khamseh |
| Omani Bedawi Arabic |
| Qatari |
| Dialects |
|---|
| Al-hasaa |
| Bahraini Gulf Arabic |
| Eastern Saudi Arabia |
| Gulf |
| Kuwaiti Hadari Arabic |
| North Qatari Arabic |
| South Qatari Arabic |
| Zubair-Faau Arabic |
| Dialect Alternate Names |
|---|
| Arabic, Gulf |
| Arabic, Gulf: Eastern Saudi Arabia |
| Khaleeji |
| Translation | Year / Status |
|---|---|
| Bible Portions | None Reported |
| New Testament | None Reported |
| Complete Bible | None Reported |
| Online / Mobile App Bibles |
|---|
| Not Available |
| Possible Print Bibles | |
|---|---|
| Not Available | |
| Resource ▲ | New | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Audio Recordings | Arabic Bibles Online | |
| Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) | |
| Audio Recordings | Audio Recordings Resources | |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Arabic, Gulf Spoken | |
| Film / Video | Magdalena (Jesus Film Project) |