Bahrain

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Arabic, Standard

[arb] 1 (National). Statutory national language (2002, Constitution, Article 2). 612,000 in Bahrain (2013 SIL), all users.

Arabic, Baharna Spoken

[abv] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 710,000 in Bahrain (2019). Total users in all countries: 727,900.

English

[eng] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 23,100 in Bahrain (2019).

Gujarati

[guj] 5* (Dispersed). 37,400 in Bahrain (2019).

Persian, Iranian

[pes] 5* (Dispersed). 254,000 in Bahrain (2019).

Arabic, Gulf Spoken

[afb] 6a* (Vigorous). 72,500 in Bahrain (2019).

Kerinci

[kvr] Unestablished. 25,000 in Bahrain (2004).

Korean

[kor] Unestablished. 3,800 in Bahrain (2019).

Kurdish, Northern

[kmr] Unestablished. 79,100 in Bahrain (2019).

Malayalam

[mal] Unestablished. 20,700 in Bahrain (2019).

Nepali

[npi] Unestablished. 18,200 in Bahrain (International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2019), based on nationality.

Tagalog

[tgl] Unestablished. 70,000 in Bahrain (2019).

Tamil

[tam] Unestablished. 18,700 in Bahrain (2019).

Telugu

[tel] Unestablished. 18,700 in Bahrain (2019).

Urdu

[urd] Unestablished. 95,000 in Bahrain (2019).