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Description

  • Kuwait's official language is Modern Standard Arabic, but its everyday usage is limited to journalism and education.
  • Kuwaiti Arabic is the variant of Arabic used in everyday life.
    • Kuwaiti Arabic is a variant of Gulf Arabic, sharing similarities with the dialects of neighboring coastal areas in Eastern Arabia.
    • Due to immigration during its pre-oil history as well as trade, Kuwaiti Arabic borrowed a lot of words from Persian, Indian languages, Balochi language, Turkish, English and Italian.
  • English is widely understood and often used as a business language.
  • Besides English, French is taught as a third language for the students of the humanities at schools, but for two years only.
  • Kuwaiti Persian is used among Ajam Kuwaitis. It is a combination of different varieties of the Persian language and Achomi language that has been spoken in Kuwait for more than 300 years. [1]

Word List(s)

Modern Standard Arabic

Kuwaiti Arabic

French

Kuwaiti Persian

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Modern Standard Arabic

Kuwaiti Arabic

French

Kuwaiti Persian

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Modern Standard Arabic

Kuwaiti Arabic

  • A handbook of Kuwaiti Arabic. London: Kuwait Oil Co., 1951. Available at: WorldCat.

French

Kuwaiti Persian

Additional Resources

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Kuwait," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait#Languages, accessed 4 February 2022.
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