Native to Oman ISO 639-3 acx | Writing system Arabic alphabet | |
Region Hajar mountains and a few coastal towns Native speakers 720,000 in Oman (1996)
320,000 in UAE (no date), 15,000 in Kenya (1995) Language family Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
Central Semitic
Arabic
Peninsular
Omani Arabic | ||
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Omani Arabic (also known as Omani Hadari Arabic) is a variety of Arabic dialect spoken in the Al Hajar Mountains of Oman and in a few neighboring coastal regions. It is the easternmost Arabic dialect. It was formerly spoken by colonists in Kenya and Tanzania, but most or all of them have shifted to Swahili. There are several distinct dialects of Omani Arabic, such as Dhofari Arabic and Shihhi Arabic.
References
Omani Arabic Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA