Peninsular Arabic
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Peninsular Arabic are the varieties of Arabic spoken throughout the Arabian Peninsula. This includes the countries of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Southern Iran, Southern Iraq and Jordan.[2]
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Peninsular Arabic | |
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Arabian Arabic | |
Region | Arabian Peninsula |
Native speakers | 77 million (2018–2023)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | Variously:abv – Bahrani Arabicadf – Dhofari Arabicavl – Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabicafb – Gulf Arabicayh – Hadhrami Arabicacw – Hejazi Arabicars – Najdi Arabicacx – Omani Arabicayn – Sanʽani Arabicssh – Shihhi Arabicacq – Taʽizzi-Adeni Arabic |
Glottolog | arab1393 |
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The modern dialects spoken in the Arabian Peninsula are closer to Classical Arabic than elsewhere in the Arab world.[3][4] Some of the local dialects have retained many archaic features lost in other dialects, such as the conservation of nunation for indeterminate nouns. They retain most Classical syntax and vocabulary but still have some differences from Classical Arabic like the other dialects.