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Languages of Oman

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Arabic is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns language codes to 32 varieties of Arabic, including its standard form of Literary Arabic, known as Modern Standard Arabic, which is derived from Classical Arabic. This distinction exists primarily among Western linguists; Arabic speakers themselves generally do not distinguish between Modern Standard Arabic and Classical Arabic, but rather refer to both as ( "the eloquent Arabic") or simply '''' ().

variety of the Arabic language spoken in Eastern Arabia around the coasts of the Persian Gulf

Modern South Arabian language spoken in Yemen and Oman

Modern South Arabian

group of endangered languages along the coasts of the Guardafui Channel

variety of Peninsular Arabic spoken in Oman

Modern South Arabian language spoken in Dhofar Province in the southwest of the Oman

Semitic language closely related to Mehri spoken natively in Oman

Hobyót (Arabic: لغة هوبيوت , also known as Hewbyót, Habyot, or Hobi), natively known as Weyheybyot, is one of the six Modern South Arabian languages (MSAL), a group of South Semitic languages spoken in the southern Arabian Peninsula. A severely-endangered Semitic language on the verge of extinction, it is spoken in a small area near the Yemen-Oman border. The speaking population is estimated to be about 1000 in Oman and 40 in Yemen, though the true number may be less.

Sindhi dialect in Iran, Pakistan and Oman