Bahrain

Extensive List of Languages of Bahrain: Spoken and Extinct Languages

Arabic, Baharna Spoken [abv] 300,000 in Bahrain (1995). Population total all countries: 310,000. Also in Oman. Alternate names: Baharna, Baharnah, Bahraini Shi’ite Arabic. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Arabic, Gulf Spoken [afb] 100,000 in Bahrain (1995). Alternate names: Gulf Arabic, Khaliji. Dialects: Bahraini Gulf Arabic. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Arabic, Standard [arb] Middle East, North Africa. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

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courtesy of Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages courtesy of Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com

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