Languages of the country

United Arab Emirates

Official language: Arabic. Population (CLDR): 10 million.

Map of regions

We have not described regional languages for this country yet – the map shows the whole country in the colour of its main language.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
Arabic العربية Official 78%
English Widely used 50%
Malayalam മലയാളം Minority 7%
Pashto پښتو Minority 2.9%
Baluchi Minority 2.3%
Persian فارسی Minority 1.9%

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