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What Language Do They Speak in the United Arab Emirates?
The official language of the United Arab Emirates is Arabic. In total about 9 living languages are spoken there, the most common being Arabic (78%), English (50%) and Spanish (13%).
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All languages of United Arab Emirates (9)
| Language | Speakers here | Family | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | 7,825,116 · 78% | Afro-Asiatic | Official |
| English | 5,016,100 · 50% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Spanish | 45,294,178 · 13% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Malayalam | 702,254 · 7% | Dravidian | Safe |
| Pushto | 290,933 · 3% | Indo-European | — |
| Baluchi | 230,740 · 2% | — | — |
| Persian | 190,611 · 2% | Indo-European | — |
| Chinese | 3,718,178 · 1% | Sino-Tibetan | — |
| Shihhi Arabic | 19,000 · 0.19% | Afro-Asiatic | Safe |
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Frequently asked questions
What language do they speak in United Arab Emirates?
The official language of the United Arab Emirates is Arabic. In total about 9 living languages are spoken there, the most common being Arabic (78%), English (50%) and Spanish (13%).
What is the official language of United Arab Emirates?
Arabic.
Is English spoken in United Arab Emirates?
About 50% of people in United Arab Emirates speak English (5.0 million).
How many languages are spoken in United Arab Emirates?
About 9 living languages — #154 in the world for linguistic diversity.
Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT).