Bahrain Languages

Bahrain

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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

Alphabet

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

Pronunciation

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Dictionaries

• Anwar Hafiz & Moustafa Aziz, Conversational dictionary of spoken Arabic - Available at WorldCat
• Dilip Hiro, Dictionary of the Middle East, New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996 - Available at WorldCat
• Malcolm C Peck, Historical dictionary of the Gulf Arab states, Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008 - Available at WorldCat
• Dilip Hiro, A comprehensive dictionary of the Middle East, Northampton, MA : Interlink Books, 2013 - [URL Available at WorldCat]
• Nicholas Awde & 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
• Habaka J Feghali, Gulf Arabic : the dialects of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and Oman : grammar, dialogues, and lexicon, Springfield, VA : Dunwoody Press, 2008 - Available at WorldCat
• George Waters Gilbertson & Ghāno Khān Haddiānī, The Balochi language, a grammar and manual, Hertford, Printed by S. Austin & Sons, for the author, 1923 - Available at WorldCat

Additional Resources

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