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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic '''Arabic'''] is the official language of Oman.<br> | |||
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There are several dialects of Arabic spoken, all part of the Peninsular Arabic family: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhofari_Arabic '''Dhofari Arabic'''] - also knowns as Dhofari & Zofari - spoken in Salalah and the surrounding coastal regions | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Arabic '''Gulf Arabic'''] - spoken in parts bordering the UAE | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omani_Arabic '''Omani Arabic'''] - spoken in Central Oman | |||
Other main languages spoken in Oman include: | |||
* '''English''' - widely spoken in the business community | |||
* '''Baluchi''' | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu '''Urdu'''] | |||
* '''Bengali''' | |||
* '''Hindi''' | |||
* '''Malayalalam''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Oman," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman#:~:text=Languages, accessed 11 Apr 2022.</ref> | |||
==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ||
'''Alphabet''' | |||
'''Pronunciation''' | |||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ||
'''Dictionaries''' | |||
* Nicholas Awde & K Smith, '''''Arabic dictionary : [Arabic-English ; English-Arabic]''''', London : Bennett & Bloom, 2004 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/arabic-dictionary-arabic-english-english-arabic/oclc/249664704&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Hamdi A Qafisheh, '''''NTC's Gulf Arabic-English dictionary''''', Lincolnwood, Ill. : NTC Pub. Group, 1997 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/ntcs-gulf-arabic-english-dictionary/oclc/1157139602&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* William Foxton, '''''Dictionary of English baluchi and omani arabic''''', Muttrah : Oriental Printing Press, 1980 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/dictionary-of-english-baluchi-and-omani-arabic/oclc/59695043&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Thomas John Lee Mayer, '''''English-Biluchi dictionary''''', Lahore : Sheikh Mubarak Ali, 1975 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/english-biluchi-dictionary/oclc/471659004&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Shānulḥaq Ḥaqqī, '''''Oxford English- Urdu dictionary''''', Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/oxford-english-urdu-dictionary-oksfard-inglish-urdu-dikshanari/oclc/60865209&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* James Sykes, '''''English and Bengali dictionary''''', Charleston, SC : BiblioBazaar, 2008 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/english-and-bengali-dictionary-for-the-use-of-schools/oclc/502162789&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Rupert Snell, '''''Essential Hindi dictionary : Hindi-English/English-Hindi''''', Blacklick, OH : McGraw-Hill, 2011 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/essential-hindi-dictionary-hindi-englishenglish-hindi/oclc/659756432&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
'''Online Dictionaries''' | |||
'''Language Aids''' | |||
* Henry Mercier, '''''Arabic grammar''''', Rabat : Éditions La Porte, 1963 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/arabic-grammar/oclc/3692678&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Richard Davey, '''''Coastal Dhofari Arabic : a sketch grammar''''', Brill - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/coastal-dhofari-arabic-a-sketch-grammar/oclc/966744776&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] | |||
==Additional Resources== | ==Additional Resources== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Category:Oman]] | [[Category:Oman]] | ||