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Kuwait Languages

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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. Expansion depth limit exceeded

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

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