Country scorecard
United Arab Emirates
Asia · 9.5M people
ALPS
1.74
languages per person
#51 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
20%
globally connected
Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.7 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from United Arab Emirates is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇶🇦 Qatar99%
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain99%
- 🇰🇼 Kuwait98%
- 🇴🇲 Oman98%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Standard Arabic99%
- English45%
- Hindi30%
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