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Description

Arabic is the official language of Bahrain, though English is widely used. All commercial institutions and road signs are bilingual, displaying both English and Arabic.

• Arabic plays an important role in political life and one must be fluent in Arabic to stand for parliament.

• Bahrani Arabic (also known as Bahrani and Baharna Arabic) is the most widely spoken dialect of the Arabic language, though it differs widely from standard Arabic, like all Arabic dialects.

• Balochi is the second largest and widely spoken language in Bahrain.

Word List(s)

• Arabic Core 100 Word List - ArabicPod 101
• Bahrain: Important Phrases - Tripadvisor

Alphabet and Pronunciation

• Bahrani Arabic Phonology - Wikipedia
• Arabic Vowels and Consonants - Wikipedia
• Balochi Phonology - Wikipedia

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Dictionaries

• Hafiz, Anwar. Conversational dictionary of spoken Arabic. Altamonte Springs, FL.: International Promoters of Art, 1980. Available at: WorldCat.
• Hiro, Dilip. Dictionary of the Middle East. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. Available at: WorldCat.
• Peck, Malcolm C. Historical dictionary of the Gulf Arab states. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2008. Available at: WorldCat.
• Hiro, Dilip. A comprehensive dictionary of the Middle East. Northampton, MA: Interlink Books, 2013. Available at: WorldCat.
• Awde, Nicholas and K Smith. Arabic dictionary : Arabic-English : English-Arabic. London: Bennett & Bloom, 2004. Available at: WorldCat.

Online Dictionaries

• Bahrani Arabic Dictionary
• Dictionary English - Arabic - Glosbe

Language Aids

• Balochi Grammar - Wikipedia
• Arabic Grammar - Wikipedia
• Feghali, Habaka J. Gulf Arabic : the dialects of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and Oman : grammar, dialogues, and lexicon. Springfield, VA: Dunwoody Press, 2008. Available at: WorldCat.
• Gilbertson, George Waters. The Balochi language, a grammar and manual. Hertford: Austin, 1923. Available at: WorldCat.

Additional Resources

• Bahrani - Words borrowed from other languages - Wikipedia
• Etheredge, Laura. Persian Gulf states : Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. New York: Britannica Educational Pub., 2011. Available at: WorldCat.