Omani Arabic
| Omani Arabic | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Oman |
| Region | Hajar mountains and a few coastal towns |
| Native speakers | 815,000 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Writing system | Arabic alphabet |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | acx |
Omani Arabic (also known as Omani Hadari Arabic) is a variety of Gulf Arabic dialect spoken in the Hajar Mountains of Oman and in a few neighboring coastal regions. It is the easternmost Arabic dialect. It was formerly spoken by colonists in Kenya and Tanzania, but most or all of them have shifted to Swahili.[1]
Notes
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
External links
- Omani Arabic at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- Entry for Omani Arabic at Rosetta Project
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