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"Gulf Arabic" area in dialect map is incorrect
Nawaf Alnaji, Tue, 2022-11-15 02:38
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OmanThe large area in central Oman marked as "Gulf Arabic" is incorrect. The dialect common there is a Bedouin subdialect of Omani Arabic, and is distinct from Gulf Arabic.
See the source included below. Pages 450-451 outlines areas 1 and 2 for Gulf Arabic, and area 3 for Bedouin Omani Arabic.
Holes, Clive. “Towards a Dialect Geography of Oman.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, vol. 52, no. 3, 1989, pp. 446–62. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/618025. Accessed 15 Nov. 2022.Editorial Action
We will send this on to the Ethnologue cartographers for their consideration.