Gulf Arabic

E8841

Arabic dialect spoken language variety of Arabic

Gulf Arabic is a regional variety of the Arabic language spoken primarily in the countries bordering the Persian Gulf, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Peninsular Arabic	2
Bahrani Arabic	1
Eastern Arabian Arabic	1
Emirati Arabic	1
Gulf Colloquial Arabic	1
Khaleeji Arabic	1
Khuzestani Arabic	1
Kuwaiti Arabic	1
Omani Gulf Arabic	1
Qatari Arabic	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arabic dialect ⓘ spoken language ⓘ variety of Arabic ⓘ
characterizedBy	distinct lexicon ⓘ distinct phonology ⓘ influence from English ⓘ influence from Persian ⓘ influence from South Asian languages in Gulf states ⓘ retention of some Classical Arabic consonant contrasts ⓘ use of /g/ for Classical Arabic /q/ in many words ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Hijazi Arabic ⓘ Najdi Arabic ⓘ
coexistsWith	Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
developedFrom	Classical Arabic ⓘ
developedIn	Arabian Gulf region ⓘ
directionOfWriting	right-to-left ⓘ
distinctFrom	Egyptian Arabic ⓘ Levantine Arabic ⓘ Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Arabic, Gulf ⓘ Gulf Arabic ⓘ surface form: Gulf Colloquial Arabic Gulf Arabic ⓘ surface form: Khaleeji Arabic
hasDialect	Gulf Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bahrani Arabic Eastern Saudi (Najdi-influenced) Gulf varieties ⓘ Gulf Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Emirati Arabic Gulf Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Khuzestani Arabic Gulf Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kuwaiti Arabic Gulf Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Omani Gulf Arabic Gulf Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Qatari Arabic
hasFeature	distinct second person pronoun forms compared to other dialects ⓘ stress patterns differing from Classical Arabic ⓘ use of analytic future markers such as /b-/ or /raħ/ ⓘ vowel length contrasts ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	afb ⓘ
languageBranch	Semitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ surface form: Afro-Asiatic languages
languageGroup	Arabic ⓘ
languageSubbranch	Central Semitic languages ⓘ
notUsedAs	standard written language ⓘ
region	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Eastern Arabia ⓘ Persian Gulf ⓘ
spokenIn	Bahrain ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ Oman ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ coastal regions of the Persian Gulf ⓘ eastern Saudi Arabia ⓘ
subclassOf	Arabic ⓘ surface form: Arabic language Gulf Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Peninsular Arabic
timePeriod	contemporary language variety ⓘ
usedAs	vernacular language ⓘ
usedIn	everyday conversation in Gulf countries ⓘ popular culture in the Gulf region ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Najdi Arabic → closelyRelatedTo → Gulf Arabic ⓘ

Gulf Arabic → hasAlternativeName → Gulf Arabic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khaleeji Arabic

Gulf Arabic → hasAlternativeName → Gulf Arabic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf Colloquial Arabic