United Arab Emirates

Arabic, Standard

[arb] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1996, Constitution, Article 7). 3,090,000 in United Arab Emirates (2014 SIL), all users.

3 (Wider communication)

Arabic, Gulf Spoken

[afb] 3 (Wider communication). 3,710,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

English

[eng] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 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).

5 (Dispersed)

Arabic, Egyptian Spoken

[arz] 5* (Dispersed). 676,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

[apc] 5* (Dispersed). 244,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

French

[fra] 5* (Dispersed). 250,000 in United Arab Emirates (Beck et al 2018), L2 users.

Pashto, Northern

[pbu] 5* (Dispersed). 404,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Persian, Iranian

[pes] 5* (Dispersed). 324,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

5 (Developing)

Arabic, Hijazi Spoken

[acw] 5* (Developing). 395,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Balochi, Southern

[bcc] 5* (Developing). 404,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

6a (Vigorous)

Arabic, Omani Spoken

[acx] 6a* (Vigorous). 324,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Arabic, Shihhi Spoken

[ssh] 6a* (Vigorous). 20,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020). Total users in all countries: 37,900.

Unestablished

Arabic, Libyan Spoken

[ayl] Unestablished. 48,500 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken

[acm] Unestablished. 38,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Arabic, South Levantine Spoken

[ajp] Unestablished. 532,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Arabic, Sudanese Spoken

[apd] Unestablished. 79,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken

[acq] Unestablished. 60,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Bengali

[ben] Unestablished. 817,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Hindi

[hin] Unestablished. 938,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Korean

[kor] Unestablished. 10,900 in United Arab Emirates (2019 Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs), based on nationality.

Malayalam

[mal] Unestablished. 329,000 in United Arab Emirates (2021 Joshua Project).

Nepali

[npi] Unestablished. 157,000 in United Arab Emirates (International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2019), based on nationality.

Pashto, Southern

[pbt] Unestablished. 154,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Punjabi, Eastern

[pan] Unestablished. 214,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Rohingya

[rhg] Unestablished. 50,000 in United Arab Emirates (2017 The Arakan Project), based on nationality.

Sindhi

[snd] Unestablished. 109,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Sinhala

[sin] Unestablished. 129,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Somali

[som] Unestablished. 101,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Swahili

[swh] Unestablished. 21,400 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Tagalog

[tgl] Unestablished. 402,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Tamil

[tam] Unestablished. 400,000 in United Arab Emirates (Rajan and Rajan 2019).

Telugu

[tel] Unestablished. 485,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Urdu

[urd] Unestablished. 239,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

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