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An sociolinguistic feature of Bahrain is the existence of three distinct dialects: Bahrani Arabic (a dialect primarily spoken by Baharna in Shia villages and some parts of Manama), Sunni and Ajami Arabic. [2] In Bahrain, the Sunni muslims form a minority of the population, but the ruling family is Sunni. Therefore, the Arabic dialect ...
Bahrain, [a] officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, [b] is an island country in West Asia. ... Arabic is the official language of Bahrain, though English is widely used ...
An interesting sociolinguistic feature of Bahrain is the existence of two main dialects: Bahrani and Sunni Arabic. [5] Sunni Bahrainis speak a dialect which is most similar to urban dialect spoken in Qatar. The Persian language has debatably the most foreign linguistic influence on all the Bahraini dialects. [6]
Arabic language (35 C, 67 P) P. Persian language (23 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Languages of Bahrain" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Co-official language, along with Somali and English: No 2 Zanzibar b: 1,303,569: Co-official language, along with Swahili and English: No 3 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic c: 502,585: Co-official language, along with Spanish: No a. Internationally recognised as part of Somalia. b. A semi-autonomous region of Tanzania. c. Presently occupied in ...
Gulf Arabic or Khaleeji (خليجي Ḵalījī local pronunciation: [χɑˈliːdʒiː] or اللهجة الخليجية il-lahja il-Ḵalījīya, local pronunciation: [(ɪ)lˈlæhdʒæ lχɑˈliːdʒiːjæ]) is a variety of the Arabic language spoken in Eastern Arabia [2] around the coasts of the Persian Gulf in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, southern Iraq, [3] eastern Saudi ...
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Moreover, in certain contexts, a dialect relatively different from formal Arabic may carry more prestige than a dialect closer to the formal language—this is the case in Bahrain, for example. [17] Language mixes and changes in different ways. Arabic speakers often use more than one variety of Arabic within a conversation or even a sentence.