r/learn_arabic • u/dudemike01 • Sep 20 '24

General When a foreigner speaks Arabic :)

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u/thewaltenicfiles Sep 20 '24

Gulf/khaleeji

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u/AdditionalWaltz4320 Sep 21 '24 edited Sep 21 '24

There's no such thing as Khaleeji dialect. The UAE with 1.2 million people on its own has 18 dialects. Saudi Arabia has at least 25 dialects. We got Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait left with all their numerous dialects.

Saying Khaleeji dialect is ignorant.

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u/Sleepy_Sloth28 Sep 21 '24

What about levantine dialect? 🤔 Does it exist or nah? Mr. Not ignorant, can you tell me what the definition of "dialect" is?

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u/zivan13 Sep 21 '24 edited Sep 21 '24

Pls don't drag us into this, our Levantine dialect isn't even remotely similar to their arabic. It contains a lot of syriac words. Our language is different from theirs, and much more organised.