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		<title>Rosbot: New page:  &lt;table valign=top&gt;   &lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td valign=top align=left width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;      &lt;table valign=top&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;Also Known As:&lt;/b&gt; Bedawi,Gulf Arabic,Omani Bedawi Arabic,Qatari,Khaliji,Gu...</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;New page:  &amp;lt;table valign=top&amp;gt;   &amp;lt;tr&amp;gt;     &amp;lt;td valign=top align=left width=&amp;quot;50%&amp;quot;&amp;gt;      &amp;lt;table valign=top&amp;gt;         &amp;lt;tr&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Also Known As:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; Bedawi,Gulf Arabic,Omani Bedawi Arabic,Qatari,Khaliji,Gu...&lt;/p&gt;
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Gulf Arabic (also known as Khaliji, al-lahja al-khalijiya اللهجة الخليجية) is a variety of the Arabic language spoken around both shores of the Persian Gulf such as in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and parts of Oman. Some notable characteristics that set it apart from other Arabian dialects is the small number of Persian loanwords, and a pronunciation of k as ch (kalb &amp;quot;dog,&amp;quot; read as chalb); q as g (daqiqa &amp;quot;minute,&amp;quot; read as dagiga); and, in some instances, the pronunciation j as y (jeeb &amp;quot;bring&amp;quot; (masc), read as yeeb).&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=909744 ..... full article at Wikipedia]&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/tr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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