Oman Languages

Description
Arabic is the official language of Oman. There are several dialects of Arabic spoken, all part of the Peninsular Arabic family:
 * Dhofari Arabic - also knowns as Dhofari & Zofari - spoken in Salalah and the surrounding coastal regions
 * Gulf Arabic - spoken in parts bordering the UAE
 * Omani Arabic - spoken in Central Oman

Other main languages spoken in Oman include:
 * English - widely spoken in the business community
 * Baluchi
 * Urdu
 * Bengali
 * Hindi
 * Malayalalam

Alphabet and Pronunciation
Alphabet

Pronunciation

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Dictionaries
 * Nicholas Awde & K Smith, Arabic dictionary : [Arabic-English ; English-Arabic], 	London : Bennett & Bloom, 2004 - Available at WorldCat
 * Hamdi A Qafisheh, NTC's Gulf Arabic-English dictionary, 	Lincolnwood, Ill. : NTC Pub. Group, 1997 - Available at WorldCat
 * William Foxton, Dictionary of English baluchi and omani arabic, Muttrah : Oriental Printing Press, 1980 - Available at WorldCat
 * Thomas John Lee Mayer, English-Biluchi dictionary, Lahore : Sheikh Mubarak Ali, 1975 - Available at WorldCat
 * Shānulḥaq Ḥaqqī, Oxford English- Urdu dictionary, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003 - Available at WorldCat
 * James Sykes, English and Bengali dictionary, 	Charleston, SC : BiblioBazaar, 2008 - Available at WorldCat
 * Rupert Snell, Essential Hindi dictionary : Hindi-English/English-Hindi, 	Blacklick, OH : McGraw-Hill, 2011 - Available at WorldCat

Online Dictionaries

Language Aids
 * Henry Mercier, Arabic grammar, Rabat : Éditions La Porte, 1963 - Available at WorldCat
 * Richard Davey, Coastal Dhofari Arabic : a sketch grammar, Brill - Available at WorldCat
 * Clive Holes, Gulf Arabic, London ; New York : Routledge, 2011, 1990 - Available at WorldCat
 * Grammar of Omani Arabic - Available at WorldCat