Scripture in Gulf Arabic
Portions of Scripture are reported in Gulf Arabic.
From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.
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Where Gulf Arabic is spoken
- Bahrain
- Canada
- Egypt
- Iran
- Iraq
- Kuwait
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Sweden
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Yemen
About Gulf Arabic
- Part of
- Arabic (ISO 639-3 macrolanguage)
- Language family
- Afro-Asiatic
- ISO 639-3 code
- afb
- Glottocode
- gulf1241
- Also known as
- Arabic, Gulf · Arabic, Gulf: Zubair-Faau
Dialects and varieties 10
Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Gulf Arabic as a whole.
- Al-HasâNo known Scripture
- Arabic, Gulf: Al-HasaaNo known Scripture
- Arabic, Gulf: BahrainiNo known Scripture
- Arabic, Gulf: Eastern Saudi ArabiaNo known Scripture
- Arabic, Gulf: KhalijiNo known Scripture
- Arabic, Gulf: KhamsehNo known Scripture
- Arabic, Gulf: Kuwaiti HadariNo known Scripture
- Arabic, Gulf: North QatariNo known Scripture
- Arabic, Gulf: South QatariNo known Scripture
- Arabic, Gulf: Zubair-FaauNo known Scripture
Sources
- DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
- GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
- Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
- Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained
Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0. Macrolanguage membership: ISO 639-3 code tables, iso639-3.sil.org.