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The dominant language is Arabic, Persian is the second language. Although both languages are native to modern Qatar, only Arabic is official language.
Arabic is spoken in many variants, due to the substantial presence of citizens from other Arab states. The native dialect to Qatar is Gulf.
English is widely spoken, principally as foreign language.
Foreign workers speak several different Asian languages, like Hindi, Pashto, Malayalam, Punjabi, Urdu, Sindhi, Balochi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Tagalog. Between native speaking individuals these languages are in daily use, but in society Arabic or English are used.
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