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  2. Khaliji (music) - Wikipedia

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    Khaliji or Khaleeji music (Arabic: الموسيقى الخليجية, romanized: al-mūsīqā al-khalījiyya, meaning "Gulf music") is the music of Eastern Arabia and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, and it is a popular genre across the Arab world.

  3. Gulf Arabic - Wikipedia

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    A feature that distinguishes Gulf Arabic dialects from other Arabic varieties is the retention of the dental fricatives /θ/ and /ð/, which in many other dialects merged with other sounds; similarly, the reflex of the merger of classical * /ɮˤ/ ض and * /ðˤ/ ظ is often /dˤ/ in some dialects but is a fricative (either /ðˤ/ or /zˤ/) in ...

  4. Arabic music - Wikipedia

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    Arabic music (Arabic: الموسيقى العربية, romanized: al-mūsīqā l-ʿarabiyyah) is the music of the Arab world with all its diverse music styles and genres. Arabic countries have many rich and varied styles of music and also many linguistic dialects , with each country and region having their own traditional music .

  5. Varieties of Arabic - Wikipedia

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    عامية المثقفين ʿāmmiyyat al-muṯaqqafīn, 'colloquial of the cultured' (also called Educated Spoken Arabic, Formal Spoken Arabic, or Spoken MSA by other authors [28]): This is a vernacular dialect that has been heavily influenced by MSA, i.e. borrowed words from MSA (this is similar to the literary Romance languages, wherein ...

  6. Khaleeji - Wikipedia

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    Khaleeji (Arabic: خليجي), may refer to: The native Arabs from the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, especially those from the Gulf Cooperation Council states; Culture of Eastern Arabia, associated with Arab states of the Persian Gulf; Gulf Arabic, a dialect of the Arabic language spoken in Eastern Arabia's coast of the Persian Gulf

  7. Peninsular Arabic - Wikipedia

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    A central-eastern dialect group originating in the center, that spread with the migration of Arab tribes. This group includes the dialects of most bedouin tribes in the peninsula, spanning an area extending from the Syrian Desert to the Empty Quarter. Its most notable examples are Najdi Arabic and Gulf Arabic. The following varieties are ...

  8. Kuwaiti Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Kuwaiti (Arabic: كويتي, romanized: Kuwaytī, [kweːti]) is a Gulf Arabic dialect spoken in Kuwait. Kuwaiti Arabic shares many phonetic features unique to Gulf dialects spoken in the Arabian Peninsula. [3] Due to Kuwait's soap opera industry, knowledge of Kuwaiti Arabic has spread throughout the Arabic-speaking world and become recognizable ...

  9. Culture of Eastern Arabia - Wikipedia

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    Windcatchers, called bâdgir in local dialect, in Souq Waqif, Doha. There is a rich and ancient culture in Eastern Arabia. The culture in this region has always been oriented towards the sea. [1] The semiannual tradition of Qarqe'an (قرقيعان) is deeply rooted in Gulf culture.