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ISO 639-3 · afbafb
Afroasiatic family
Gulf Arabic
Gulf Arabic is a language of the Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia and 4 more countries. Wikidata describes it as “variety of the Arabic language spoken in Eastern Arabia around the coasts of the Persian Gulf”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
afb- Glottocode
gulf1241- Family
- Afroasiatic
- Wikipedia
- 41 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
8countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Gulf Arabic |
|---|---|
| Written in | Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Gulf Arabic
The branches above Gulf Arabic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Iraq
fasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafekurKurdishIndo-European · 21 mSafekmrKurmanjiIndo-European · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationckbCentral KurdishIndo-European · 7.2 m2 · ProvincialhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalsdhSouthern KurdishIndo-European · 3 m6a · VigorouslkiLakiIndo-European · 1.5 m6a · VigorousaiiAssyrian Neo-AramaicAfroasiatic · 232,3006b · ThreatenedabkAbkhazNorth Caucasian · 190,1102 · Provincial