Official Languages

Official status is a legal designation. It requires a constitution, language act or charter, which this platform has not yet loaded — speaker numbers cannot establish it.

Languages spoken here

Amharic (secondary) · Bengali (secondary) · Egyptian Arabic (secondary) · Gulf Arabic (secondary) · Hijazi Arabic (secondary) · Hindi (secondary) · Korean (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Malay (secondary) · Malayalam (secondary) · Moroccan Arabic (secondary) · Nepali (secondary) · Sindhi (secondary) · Somali (secondary) · Soqotri (secondary) · Swahili (secondary) · Tamil (secondary) · Telugu (secondary) · Tigrinya (secondary) · Turkish (secondary) · Urdu (secondary) · Urdu (Latin translit.) (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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United Arab Emirates

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
South Asian, general	2969000	Hindi	Hinduism
Arab, Emirati	1337000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam
Arab, Egyptian general	1181000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam
South Asian, Telugu-speaking	495000	Telugu	Hinduism
Pashtun, Northern	462000	Pashto, Northern	Islam
Baloch, Southern	462000	Balochi, Southern	Islam
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	451000	Arabic, Hijazi	Islam
Tamil	408000	Tamil	Hinduism
Malayali	382000	Malayalam	Hinduism
Persian	369000	Persian, Iranian	Islam
Arab, Omani	355000	Arabic, Omani	Islam
Filipino, Tagalog	355000	Tagalog	Christianity
Urdu	244000	Urdu	Islam
Bedouin, Gulf	225000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam
Punjabi	218000	Punjabi, Eastern	Islam
Pashtun, Southern	171000	Pashto, Southern	Islam
Sinhalese, general	133000	Sinhala	Buddhism
Arab, Palestinian	118000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Hazara	117000	Hazaragi	Islam
Nepali, general	116000	Nepali	Hinduism
Sindhi	111000	Sindhi	Islam
South Asian, Bengali-speaking	89000	Bengali	Islam
Arab, Sudanese	87000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam
Arab, Yemeni	67000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam
Rohingya	59000	Rohingya	Islam
Arab, Iraqi	59000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam
Arab, Syrian	57000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Arab, Libyan	53000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Somali, Issa	49000	Somali	Islam
Chinese, general	38000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions
Malay	35000	Malay	Islam
Arab, Lebanese general	32000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Arab, Jordanian	30000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Shihuh	23000	Arabic, Shihhi	Islam
Tigray, Tigrinya	19000	Tigrigna	Christianity
Socotran	18000	Soqotri	Islam
Turk	12000	Turkish	Islam
Amhara, Ethiopian	11000	Amharic	Christianity
Deaf	10000	Language unknown	Unknown
Korean	9800	Korean	Non-Religious
Arab, Moroccan	9200	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam
Afghan, general	8200	Dari	Islam
Swahili	6300	Swahili	Islam
Arab, Tunisian	6100	Arabic, Tunisian	Islam

Languages

40 languages recorded here.

Amharic

Arabic, Egyptian

Arabic, Gulf

Arabic, Hijazi

Arabic, Levantine

Arabic, Libyan

Arabic, Mesopotamian

Arabic, Moroccan

Arabic, Omani

Arabic, Shihhi

Arabic, Sudanese

Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni

Arabic, Tunisian

Balochi, Southern

Bengali

Chinese, Mandarin

Dari

Hazaragi

Hindi

Korean

Language unknown

Malay

Malayalam

Nepali

Pashto, Northern

Pashto, Southern

Persian, Iranian

Punjabi, Eastern

Rohingya

Sindhi

Sinhala

Somali

Soqotri

Swahili

Tagalog

Tamil

Telugu

Tigrigna

Turkish

Urdu

All catalogue fields

155 fields recorded

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iso3: ARE
iso2: AE
ctry: United Arab Emirates
poplpeoples: 11466000
cntpeoples: 44
cntpeopleslr: 36
poplpeopleslr: 8606000
jpscalectry: 2
rol3officiallanguage: arb
officiallang: Arabic, Standard
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
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percentevangelical: 1.4523123040465
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
regioncode: 6
regionname: Africa, North and Middle East
workersneeded: 177
harvest_rog3: AE
harvest_iso3: ARE
harvest_iso2: AE
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harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: AE
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harvest_ctry: United Arab Emirates
harvest_ctryshort: UAE
harvest_altname: UAE
harvest_countrynamechinese: 阿拉伯联合酋长国
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 阿拉伯联合酋长国
harvest_countrynamedutch: Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
harvest_countrynamefrench: Émirats Arabes Unis
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Émirats Arabes Unis
harvest_countrynamegerman: Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: VAE
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Uni Emirat Arab
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Uni Emirat Arab
harvest_countrynameitalian: Emirati Arabi Uniti
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Emirati Arabi Uniti
harvest_countrynamekorean: 아랍에미리트
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 아랍에미리트
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: De forente arabiske emirater (FAE)
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: De forente arabiske emirater
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Emirados Árabes Unidos
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: EÁU
harvest_countrynamerussian: Объединённые Арабские Эмираты (ОАЭ)
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harvest_worldabc: B
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harvest_c_10_40window: Y
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harvest_literacyrate: 90
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 87
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harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: afb
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0.6
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harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 15.5
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harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
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harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 4.82
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 2.22
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0
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harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
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harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A001
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.84
harvest_hdirank: 42
harvest_internetusers: 90.59999999999999
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harvest_flashmapzoomy: -337
harvest_googlemapzoom: 7
harvest_googlemaplat: 24.5
harvest_googlemaplng: 54.8
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harvest_ctrylongitude: 53.847818
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/united-arab-emirates/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 204
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.413618215172116
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=ae&joshua=ae
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-united-arab-emirates
harvest_internetusage: 98
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/united-arab-emirates/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 32278
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 77700
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 76
harvest_countryphonecode: 971
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=633
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 7
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 8.4
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0.3
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harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.8
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .ae
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/united-arab-emirates
harvest_source: OW
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00