Arabic, Gulf Spoken

• Alternate names: Gulf Arabic, Khaliji Also: in Bahrain -- Gulf Arabic, Khaliji; in Iran -- Gulf Arabic, Khaliji; in Kuwait -- Khaliji; in Oman -- Bedawi, Gulf Arabic, Khaliji, Omani Bedawi Arabic; in Qatar -- Gulf Arabic, Khaliji, Qatari; in Saudi Arabia -- Gulf Spoken; in United Arab Emirates -- Gulf Arabic, Khaliji
• Scriptures published: See below
• Literacy: No information available.
• Primary country: Iraq
• Region: Zubair area, Fau peninsula
• Also used in: Bahrain, Egypt, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
• Religion: No information available.
• Status: De facto national working language in Kuwait; De facto national working language in Qatar
• Number of users: 3,601,000 (40,000; 100,000; 200,000; 500,000; 441,000; 104,000; 200,000; 744,000)

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Arabic, Gulf Spoken
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Arabic, Gulf Spoken on the web
• Joshua Project: Arabic, Gulf Spoken — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Arabic, Gulf Spoken — detailed linguistic information.