United Arab Emirates

Languages

Arabic, Egyptian Spoken arz

Long-established scattered communities. Users: 303,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Arabic, Gulf Spoken afb

Widespread. Users: 3,710,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 3 (Wider communication). Alternate Names: Emirati Arabic, Gulf Arabic Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Arabic, Hijazi Spoken acw

Scattered. Users: 395,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 5* (Developing). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Arabic, Libyan Spoken ayl

Users: 48,500 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken acm

Users: 38,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken apc

Scattered. Users: 244,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Arabic, Omani Spoken acx

Scattered established communities. Users: 324,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Arabic, Shihhi Spoken ssh

Ra’s al Khaymah emirate: Musandam peninsula, Persian Gulf coast. Users: 20,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Total users in all countries: 37,900. Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Al-Shihuh, Shihhi, Shihu, Shihuh Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Arabic, South Levantine Spoken ajp

Scattered. Users: 532,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Arabic, Standard arb

Widespread. Users: 3,090,000 in United Arab Emirates (2014 SIL), all users. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1996, Constitution, Article 7). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Arabic, Sudanese Spoken apd

Users: 79,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken acq

Users: 60,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Balochi, Southern bcc

Long-established scattered communities. Users: 404,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: Baloci, Baluchi, Baluci Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Balochi

Bengali ben

Scattered. Users: 360,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bengali-Assamese

English eng

Widespread. Users: 7,078,900 in United Arab Emirates, all users. L1 users: 78,900 in United Arab Emirates (2019). L2 users: 7,000,000 (Shafiq and Afzal 2020). Status: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English

French fra

Users: 250,000 in United Arab Emirates (Beck et al 2018), L2 users. Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French

Malayalam mal

Scattered communities. Users: 1,130,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Malayalam

Pashto, Northern pbu

Scattered. Users: 404,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Pakhtoo, Pashtu, Passtoo, Pushto, Pusto Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern, Southeastern, Pashto

Pashto, Southern pbt

Users: 154,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern, Southeastern, Pashto

Persian, Iranian pes

Dubayy emirate. Users: 324,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Persian, Western Farsi Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian

Punjabi, Eastern pan

Users: 214,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Panjabi

Rohingya rhg

Users: 50,000 in United Arab Emirates (2017 The Arakan Project). , based on nationality. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bengali-Assamese

Sindhi snd

Users: 109,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Northwestern, Sindhi

Sinhala sin

Scattered. Users: 129,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Southern, Sinhalese-Maldivian

Somali som

Scattered. Users: 101,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali

Swahili swh

Scattered. Users: 21,400 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Swahili (G.42)

Tagalog tgl

Scattered. Users: 324,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Tagalog

Telugu tel

Users: 485,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Dravidian, South-Central, Telugu