United Arab Emirates
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Arabic, Egyptian Spoken
[arz] Long-established scattered communities. Users: 676,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Gulf Spoken
[afb] Widespread. Users: 3,710,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 3 (Wider communication). Alternate Names: Emirati Arabic, Gulf Arabic. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Hijazi Spoken
[acw] Scattered. Users: 395,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 5* (Developing). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Libyan Spoken
[ayl] Users: 48,500 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
[acm] Users: 38,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken
[apc] Scattered. Users: 244,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Omani Spoken
[acx] Scattered established communities. Users: 324,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Shihhi Spoken
[ssh] Ra’s al Khaymah emirate: Musandam peninsula, Persian Gulf coast. Users: 20,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Total users in all countries: 37,900. Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Al-Shihuh, Shihhi, Shihu, Shihuh. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
[ajp] Scattered. Users: 532,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Standard
[arb] Widespread. Users: 3,090,000 in United Arab Emirates (2014 SIL), all users. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1996, Constitution, Article 7). Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Sudanese Spoken
[apd] Users: 79,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
[acq] Users: 60,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Balochi, Southern
[bcc] Long-established scattered communities. Users: 404,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: Baloci, Baluchi, Baluci. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Balochi.
Bengali
[ben] Scattered. Users: 817,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bengali-Assamese.
English
[eng] Widespread. Users: 7,078,900 in United Arab Emirates, all users. L1 users: 78,900 in United Arab Emirates (2019). L2 users: 7,000,000 (Shafiq and Afzal 2020). Status: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Users: 250,000 in United Arab Emirates (Beck et al 2018), L2 users. Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
Hindi
[hin] Users: 938,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Western Hindi, Hindustani.
Korean
[kor] Users: 10,900 in United Arab Emirates (2019 Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs), based on nationality. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Koreanic.
Malayalam
[mal] Scattered communities. Users: 329,000 in United Arab Emirates (2021 Joshua Project). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Malayalam.
Nepali
[npi] Users: 157,000 in United Arab Emirates (International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2019), based on nationality. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Eastern, Eastern Pahari.
Pashto, Northern
[pbu] Scattered. Users: 404,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Pakhtoo, Pashtu, Passtoo, Pushto, Pusto. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern, Southeastern, Pashto.
Pashto, Southern
[pbt] Users: 154,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern, Southeastern, Pashto.
Persian, Iranian
[pes] Dubayy emirate. Users: 324,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Persian, Western Farsi. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian.
Punjabi, Eastern
[pan] Users: 214,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Panjabi.
Rohingya
[rhg] Users: 50,000 in United Arab Emirates (2017 The Arakan Project), based on nationality. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bengali-Assamese.
Sindhi
[snd] Users: 109,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Northwestern, Sindhi.
Sinhala
[sin] Scattered. Users: 129,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Southern, Sinhalese-Maldivian.
Somali
[som] Scattered. Users: 101,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali.
Swahili
[swh] Scattered. Users: 21,400 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Swahili (G.42).
Tagalog
[tgl] Scattered. Users: 402,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Tagalog.
Tamil
[tam] Users: 400,000 in United Arab Emirates (Rajan and Rajan 2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Tamil.
Telugu
[tel] Users: 485,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Dravidian, South-Central, Telugu.
Urdu
[urd] Users: 239,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Western Hindi, Hindustani.