United Arab Emirates Languages

Description
The national language of the United Arab Emirates is Arabic - the Gulf dialect of Arabic is spoken. English is the primary bridge language (lingua franca) and is required for most local jobs.

Word List(s)

 * Arabic Genealogical Word List
 * Useful Arabic phrases - Omniglot

Alphabet and Pronunciation
Alphabet
 * Arabic alphabet for Gulf Arabic - Omniglot
 * Arabic script - Omniglot
 * Gulf Arabic consonants and vowels - Wikipedia

Pronunciation
 * Gulf Arabic pronunciation dictionary - Forvo
 * Gulf Arabic Pronunciation - Gulf Arabic

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Dictionaries
 * Qafisheh, Hamdi A. NTC's Gulf Arabic-English dictionary. Lincolnwood, Ill: NTC Pub. Group, 1997. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Oxford essential Arabic dictionary : English-Arabic, Arabic-English. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Available at: WorldCat.
 * HarperCollins. Everyday Arabic dictionary : English-Arabic, Arabic-English. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011. Available at: WorldCat.

Online Dictionaries
 * Dictionary English - Gulf Arabic - Glosbe
 * Dictionary Gulf Arabic - English - Glosbe

Language Aids
 * Gulf Arabic grammar - Wikipedia
 * Feghali, Habaka J. Gulf Arabic : grammar, dialogues, and lexicon. Springfield, VA: Dunwoody Press, 2008. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Leung, Tommi Tsz-Cheung, Dimitrios Ntelitheos, and Meera Al Kaabi. Emirati Arabic : a comprehensive grammar. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2021. Available at:WorldCat.

Additional Resources

 * Qafisheh, Hamdi A. Gulf Arabic : intermediate level. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1979. Available at: WorldCat.