What is Gulf Arabic?
{{Infobox language | name = Gulf Arabic | nativename = {{lang|afb|خليجي}}, ''{{transl|afb|Ḵalījī}}''<br>{{lang|afb|اللهجة الخليجية}}, ''{{transl|afb|il-lahja il-Ḵalījīya}}'' | pronunciation = {{IPA-ar|χɐˈliːdʒi|}} | states = [[Bahrain]], [[Qatar]], [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]], and parts of [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Iran]], [[Oman]], [[Kuwait]] | speakers = {{sigfig|6.8|2}} million | date = 2016 | ref = e19 | familycolor = Afro-Asiatic | fam2 = [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] | fam3 = [[Central Semitic languages|Central Semitic]] | fam4 = [[Arabic]] | fam5 = [[Peninsular Arabic|Peninsular]] | script = [[Arabic alphabet]] | iso3 = afb | glotto = gulf1241 | glottorefname = Gulf Arabic | map = Árabe del Golfo.PNG }} '''Gulf Arabic''' ({{lang|afb|خليجي}} ''{{transl|afb|Ḵalījī}}'' <small>local pronunciation:</small> {{IPA-ar|χɐˈliːdʒi|}} or {{lang|afb|اللهجة الخليجية}} ''{{transl|afb|il-lahja il-Ḵalījīya}}'', <small>local pronunciation:</small> {{IPA-ar|(ɪ)lˈlɐhdʒɐ lχɐˈliːdʒiːjɐ|}}) is a [[Varieties of Arabic|variety]] of the [[Arabic language]] spoken in [[Eastern Arabia]]{{sfnp|Holes|2001|pp=xvi-xvii}} around the [[coast]]s of the [[Persian Gulf]] in [[Kuwaiti Arabic|Kuwait]], [[Bahrani Arabic|Bahrain]], [[Qatar]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], eastern [[Saudi Arabia]], northern [[Oman]], and by some [[Iranian Arabs]].<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/ir/languages Languages of Iran] ''[[Ethnologue]]''</ref> ==References== ===Citations=== {{Reflist}} ===Sources=== {{refbegin}} *{{citation |last1=Awde |first1=Nicholas |last2=Smith |first2=Kevin |title=Arabic dictionary |year=2003 |publisher=Bennett & Bloom |location=London |isbn=1-898948-20-8 }} *{{citation |last=Frawley |first=William |year=2003 |title=International Encyclopedia of Linguistics |volume=1 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0195139771 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sl_dDVctyc