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==Word List(s)==
==Word List(s)==
 
* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/arabic.php Useful Arabic phrases] - Omniglot
* [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Balochi_phrasebook Balochi phrasebook] - Omniglot
* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/urdu.php Useful Urdu phrases] - Omniglot
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu#:~:text=Phonology Urdu Vowels & Consonants] - Wikipedia
* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/bengali.php Useful Bengali phrases] - Omniglot
* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/hindi.php Useful Hindi phrases] - Omniglot
* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/malayalam.php Useful phrases in Malayalam] - Omniglot


==Alphabet and Pronunciation==
==Alphabet and Pronunciation==
'''Alphabet'''
'''Alphabet'''
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Arabic#:~:text=Phonology Gulf Arabic Vowels & Consonants] - Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omani_Arabic#:~:text=Phonology Omani Arabic Vowels & Consonants] - Wikipedia
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/baluchi.php#:~:text=Baluchi%20alphabet Baluchi alphabet] - Omniglot
* [https://omniglot.com/conscripts/urdulatin.htm#:~:text=Urdu%20Latin%20alphabet Urdu Latin alphabet] - Omniglot
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/bengali.htm#:~:text=Bengali%20alphabet Bengali alphabet] - Omniglot
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/hindi.htm#:~:text=alphabet%20for%20Hindi Alphabet for Hindi] - Omniglot
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/malayalam.htm#:~:text=Malayalam%20alphabet Malayalam alphabet] - Omniglot


'''Pronunciation'''
'''Pronunciation'''
 
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/baluchi.php#:~:text=pronunciation Baluchi pronunciation] - Omniglot
* [https://forvo.com/languages/ur/ Urdu pronunciation dictionary] - Forvo
* [https://forvo.com/languages/bn/ Bengali pronunciation dictionary] - Forvo
* [https://forvo.com/languages/hi/ Hindi pronunciation dictionary] - Forvo
* [https://forvo.com/languages/ml/ Malayalam pronunciation dictionary] - Forvo


==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
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'''Online Dictionaries'''
'''Online Dictionaries'''
 
* [https://glosbe.com/en/ar Dictionary English - Arabic] - Glosbe
* [https://glosbe.com/ar/adf Dictionary Arabic - Dhofari Arabic] - Glosbe
* [https://glosbe.com/en/afb Dictionary English - Gulf Arabic] - Glosbe
* [https://glosbe.com/en/acx Dictionary English - Omani Arabic] - Glosbe
* [https://glosbe.com/en/bal Dictionary English - Baluchi] - Glosbe
* [https://glosbe.com/en/ur Dictionary English - Urdu] - Glosbe
* [https://glosbe.com/en/bn Dictionary English - Bangla] - Glosbe
* [https://glosbe.com/hi/en Dictionary Hindi - English] - Glosbe
* [https://glosbe.com/en/ml Dictionary English - Malayalam] - Glosbe


'''Language Aids'''
'''Language Aids'''
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* Clive Holes, '''''Gulf Arabic''''', London ; New York : Routledge, 2011, 1990 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/gulf-arabic/oclc/785335243&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Clive Holes, '''''Gulf Arabic''''', London ; New York : Routledge, 2011, 1990 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/gulf-arabic/oclc/785335243&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* '''''Grammar of Omani Arabic''''' - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/grammar-of-omani-arabic/oclc/912808547&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* '''''Grammar of Omani Arabic''''' - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/grammar-of-omani-arabic/oclc/912808547&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* N A Collett, '''''A grammar, phrase book and vocabulary of Baluchi''''', Camberley : Collett, 1986 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/grammar-phrase-book-and-vocabulary-of-baluchi-as-spoken-in-the-sultanate-of-oman/oclc/18832979&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* David James Young, '''''Urdu grammar''''', California : Createspace, USA 2014 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/urdu-grammar/oclc/1257976630&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* W S Milne, '''''A practical Bengali grammar''''', New Delhi : Asian Educational Services, 1993 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/practical-bengali-grammar/oclc/226088289&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Edwin Greaves, '''''Hindi Grammar''''', Allahabad Indian Pr. 1933 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/hindi-grammar/oclc/250991136&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]


==Additional Resources==
==Additional Resources==

Revision as of 15:43, 11 April 2022

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Arabic is the official language of Oman.

There are several dialects of Arabic spoken, all part of the Peninsular Arabic family:

  • Dhofari Arabic - also knowns as Dhofari & Zofari - spoken in Salalah and the surrounding coastal regions
  • Gulf Arabic - spoken in parts bordering the UAE
  • Omani Arabic - spoken in Central Oman

Other main languages spoken in Oman include:

  • English - widely spoken in the business community
  • Baluchi
  • Urdu
  • Bengali
  • Hindi
  • Malayalalam [1]

Word List(s)[edit | edit source]

Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Alphabet

Pronunciation

Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]

Dictionaries

  • Nicholas Awde & K Smith, Arabic dictionary : [Arabic-English ; English-Arabic], London : Bennett & Bloom, 2004 - Available at WorldCat
  • Hamdi A Qafisheh, NTC's Gulf Arabic-English dictionary, Lincolnwood, Ill. : NTC Pub. Group, 1997 - Available at WorldCat
  • William Foxton, Dictionary of English baluchi and omani arabic, Muttrah : Oriental Printing Press, 1980 - Available at WorldCat
  • Thomas John Lee Mayer, English-Biluchi dictionary, Lahore : Sheikh Mubarak Ali, 1975 - Available at WorldCat
  • Shānulḥaq Ḥaqqī, Oxford English- Urdu dictionary, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003 - Available at WorldCat
  • James Sykes, English and Bengali dictionary, Charleston, SC : BiblioBazaar, 2008 - Available at WorldCat
  • Rupert Snell, Essential Hindi dictionary : Hindi-English/English-Hindi, Blacklick, OH : McGraw-Hill, 2011 - Available at WorldCat

Online Dictionaries

Language Aids

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Oman," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman#:~:text=Languages, accessed 11 Apr 2022.
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