Omani Arabic

Omani Arabic
Omani Arabic
اللهجة العمانية
Native to	Oman
Region	Hajar mountains and a few coastal towns
Ethnicity	Omanis
Speakers	2.1 million in Oman (2020); 2.9 million in all countries
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Arabic Peninsular Omani Arabic; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	acx
Glottolog	oman1239
	Areas where Omani Arabic is spoken (in dark blue those areas where it is more widely spoken).

Omani Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة العمانية, romanized: al-Lahjah al-ʻUmānīyah; also known as Omani Hadari Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken in the Al Hajar Mountains of Oman and in a few neighboring coastal regions. It is the easternmost Arabic dialect. It was formerly spoken by colonists in Kenya and Tanzania, but these days, it mainly remains spoken on the island of Zanzibar.

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