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Description[edit | edit source]
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:
Word List(s)[edit | edit source]
- Useful Arabic phrases - Omniglot
- Balochi phrasebook - Omniglot
- Useful Urdu phrases - Omniglot
- Urdu Vowels & Consonants - Wikipedia
- Useful Bengali phrases - Omniglot
- Useful Hindi phrases - Omniglot
- Useful phrases in Malayalam - Omniglot
Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Alphabet
- Gulf Arabic Vowels & Consonants - Wikipedia
- Omani Arabic Vowels & Consonants - Wikipedia
- Baluchi alphabet - Omniglot
- Urdu Latin alphabet - Omniglot
- Bengali alphabet - Omniglot
- Alphabet for Hindi - Omniglot
- Malayalam alphabet - Omniglot
Pronunciation
- Baluchi pronunciation - Omniglot
- Urdu pronunciation dictionary - Forvo
- Bengali pronunciation dictionary - Forvo
- Hindi pronunciation dictionary - Forvo
- Malayalam pronunciation dictionary - Forvo
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
- Dictionary English - Arabic - Glosbe
- Dictionary Arabic - Dhofari Arabic - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Gulf Arabic - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Omani Arabic - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Baluchi - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Urdu - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Bangla - Glosbe
- Dictionary Hindi - English - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Malayalam - Glosbe
Language Aids
- Henry Mercier, Arabic grammar, Rabat : Éditions La Porte, 1963 - Available at WorldCat
- Richard Davey, Coastal Dhofari Arabic : a sketch grammar, Brill - Available at WorldCat
- Clive Holes, Gulf Arabic, London ; New York : Routledge, 2011, 1990 - Available at WorldCat
- Grammar of Omani Arabic Available at WorldCat
- N A Collett, A grammar, phrase book and vocabulary of Baluchi, Camberley : Collett, 1986 - Available at WorldCat
- David James Young, Urdu grammar, California : Createspace, USA 2014 - Available at WorldCat
- W S Milne, A practical Bengali grammar, New Delhi : Asian Educational Services, 1993 - Available at WorldCat
- Edwin Greaves, Hindi Grammar, Allahabad Indian Pr. 1933 - Available at WorldCat
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Oman," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman#:~:text=Languages, accessed 11 Apr 2022.