Bahrain Languages

Description
Arabic is the official language of Bahrain, though English is widely used. All commercial institutions and road signs are bilingual, displaying both English and Arabic.


 * Arabic plays an important role in political life and one must be fluent in Arabic to stand for parliament.


 * Bahrani Arabic (also known as Bahrani and Baharna Arabic) is the most widely spoken dialect of the Arabic language, though it differs widely from standard Arabic, like all Arabic dialects.


 * Balochi is the second largest and widely spoken language in Bahrain.

Word List(s)

 * Arabic Core 100 Word List - ArabicPod 101
 * Bahrain: Important Phrases - Tripadvisor

Alphabet and Pronunciation

 * Bahrani Arabic Phonology - Wikipedia
 * Arabic Vowels and Consonants - Wikipedia
 * Balochi Phonology - Wikipedia

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Dictionaries
 * Hafiz, Anwar. Conversational dictionary of spoken Arabic. Altamonte Springs, FL.: International Promoters of Art, 1980. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Hiro, Dilip. Dictionary of the Middle East. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Peck, Malcolm C. Historical dictionary of the Gulf Arab states. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2008. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Hiro, Dilip. A comprehensive dictionary of the Middle East. Northampton, MA: Interlink Books, 2013. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Awde, Nicholas and K Smith. Arabic dictionary : Arabic-English : English-Arabic. London: Bennett & Bloom, 2004. Available at: WorldCat.

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

Language Aids
 * Balochi Grammar - Wikipedia
 * Arabic Grammar - Wikipedia
 * Feghali, Habaka J. Gulf Arabic : the dialects of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and Oman : grammar, dialogues, and lexicon. Springfield, VA: Dunwoody Press, 2008. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Gilbertson, George Waters. The Balochi language, a grammar and manual. Hertford: Austin, 1923. Available at: WorldCat.

Additional Resources

 * Bahrani - Words borrowed from other languages - Wikipedia
 * Etheredge, Laura. Persian Gulf states : Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. New York: Britannica Educational Pub., 2011. Available at: WorldCat.