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Fi in Gulf Pidgin Arabic

Authors :
Potsdam, Eric
Alanazi, Mohammad
Source :
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol 35, Iss , Pp 1-8 (2014)
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
University of Kansas, 2014.

Abstract

Gulf Pidgin Arabic (GPA) is a simplified communication system established by the non-Arabic immigrants to Gulf countries in the Middle East. In the past decades, millions of people with no Arabic skills have come from countries such as Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and the Philippines for job opportunities. They needed to try to speak Arabic in order to communicate with their employers and this communication system has evolved into a pidgin. GPA is based on Gulf Arabic (GA), the variety of Arabic spoken in the Gulf states: Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and nearby areas.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23787600 and 10433805
Volume :
35
Issue :
1-8
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.13f6c05f43404a21a01b722cf273fdb2
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.15946