United Arab Emirates
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For more detail consult the Ethnologue entry for United Arab Emirates.
Languages that are mainly used in this country: (1)
| ISO Code | Name | Alternate Names |
|---|---|---|
| ssh | Arabic, Shihhi | Al-Shihuh, Musandam Arabic, Ru’us al-Jibal Arabic, Shihhi, Shihhi Arabic, Shihhi Spoken Arabic, Shihu, Shihuh |
Other languages used in this country: (42)
| ISO Code | Name | Alternate Names |
|---|---|---|
| ara | Arabic | |
| arz | Arabic, Egyptian | Egyptian Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Arabic, Lower Egypt Arabic, Massry, Modern Egyptian Language, Normal Egyptian Arabic |
| afb | Arabic, Gulf | Bedawi, Emirati Arabic, Gulf Arabic, Gulf Spoken Arabic, Gulf Spoken Spoken, Omani Bedawi Arabic, Qatari |
| acw | Arabic, Hijazi | Hejazi Arabic, Hijazi Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Arabic, Rashaida, Rashida, West Arabian Colloquial Arabic |
| apc | Arabic, Levantine | Lebanese-Syrian Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Palestinian Arabic, Palestinian-Jordanian, Palestinian-Jordanian Arabic, Syro-Lebanese Arabic, Syro-Palestinian Arabic, il-lahje š-šāmiyye |
| ayl | Arabic, Libyan | Arabic, Western Egyptian Bedawi, Bedawi, Libyan Arabic, Libyan Spoken Arabic, Libyan Vernacular Arabic, Maghrebi Arabic, Sulaimitian Arabic, Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic |
| acx | Arabic, Omani | Omani Arabic, Omani Hadari Arabic, Omani Spoken Arabic |
| apd | Arabic, Sudanese | Arabi, Dārijīya, Khartoum Arabic, Sudanese Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Arabic |
| acq | Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni | Djibouti Arabic, Southern Yemeni Arabic, Southern Yemeni Spoken Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken Arabic |
| bgn | Balochi, Western | Baloci, Baluchi, Baluci, Western Balochi, Yarahmadza |
| bal | Baluchi | Balochi, Southern, Baloci, Baluci, Balóchi, Makrani |
| ben | Bengali | Bangala, Bangali, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa |
| dan | Danish | |
| eng | English | |
| fra | French | |
| deu | German, Standard | Alemán, Allemand, Deutsch, Duits, Däitsch, German, Germană, Nemački, Nemec, Nemetskiy, Niemiec, Njemački, Német, Němec, Tedesco, Tudestg, Tysk |
| ell | Greek | Demotic Greek, Dimotiki, Greacă, Greco, Görög, Hellenic, Hretsʹkyy, Modern Greek, Modern Greek (1453-), Romaic, Standard Modern Greek, Urum, Yunan |
| hin | Hindi | Dakhini, Hindi-Urdu, Hindustani, Modern Standard Hindi |
| ita | Italian | |
| jpn | Japanese | |
| gom | Konkani, Goan | Goan, Goan Konkani, Goanese Konkani, Gomataki, Konkani, Konknni, Southern Kanara |
| lah | Lahnda | Lahanda, Lahndi, Punjabi, Western, Western Panjabi |
| zlm | Malay | Bahasa Daerah, Bahasa Melayu, Colloquial Malay, Informal Malay, Local Malay, Malay (individual language), Malayu |
| mal | Malayalam | Alealum, Malayal, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Malyalam, Mopla |
| pbt | Pashto, Southern | Kandahari Pashto, Paktu, Pashtu, Pushto, Pushtu, Qandahari Pashto, Quetta-Kandahari Pashto, Southern Pashto, Southwestern Pashto |
| fas | Persian | Ajamic, Farsi, New Persian, Parsi, Persian, Iranian, West Persian, Western Farsi |
| pol | Polish | Lengyel, Lenku, Polnisch, Polština |
| pan | Punjabi, Eastern | Eastern Panjabi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi, Punjabi |
| pnb | Punjabi, Western | Jangli, Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Panjabi, Panjabi Proper, Punjabi, Punjapi, Shahmukhi, Western Panjabi |
| pus | Pushto | Pashto |
| srp | Serbian | |
| sin | Sinhala | Chingalese, Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhalese |
| som | Somali | Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Afka Soomaaliga, Common Somali, Soomaaliga, Standard Somali |
| sqt | Soqotri | Saqatri, Socotri, Sokotri, South Arabian, Suqutri, méthel d-saqátri |
| swh | Swahili | Arab-Swahili, Kisuaheli, Kisuahili, Kiswaheli, Kiswahili, Suahili, Swahili (individual language) |
| swa | Swahili (macrolanguage) | |
| tgl | Tagalog | Wikang Tagalog |
| tam | Tamil | |
| tel | Telugu | Andhra, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Telinga, Teloogoo, Telungu, Tengu, Tenungu, Terangi, Tolangan, Trilinga |
| tha | Thai | Bangkok Thai, Central Thai, Siamese, Standard Thai, Thai Klang, Thaiklang |
| tur | Turkish | Anatolian, Istanbul Turkish, Osmanli, Turki, Turkmen, Turkoman, Türkisch, Türkçe |
| urd | Urdu | Modern Standard Urdu |
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