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Omanis

Оманцы

language area per Glottologcensus counts
2,731,456
Oman, census 2020 (citizenship)
Afro-Asiatic
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Oman: 2,731,456 people in the 2020 census.

Main language: Omani Arabic. Glottolog classifies it in the Afro-Asiatic family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

Oman2020 · citizenship · «Omani» · [1]
2,731,456

Languages and their lineage

Omani Arabic

  1. Afro-Asiaticafro1255
  2. Semiticsemi1276
  3. West Semiticwest2786
  4. Central Semiticcent2236
  5. Arabianarab1394
  6. Arabicarab1395
  7. Arabian Peninsula Arabicarab1393
  8. North Arabian Beduin Arabicnort3402
  9. Omani Arabicoman1239

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

EgyptiansMoroccansOromoAmharaSaudisJordaniansHausaLibyansSomalisTigray peopleGurage peoplePalestiniansAfar peopleTuareg AmazighsEmiratisBahrainisQatarisJewish peopleArabsIraqisAssyriansLebaneseAlgeriansMauritanians

Sources

  1. National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI); mirrored by GLMM. Oman: Population by nationality (Omani/non-Omani), sex and age group (2020). https://gulfmigration.grc.net/oman-population-by-nationality-omani-non-omani-sex-and-age-g…
  2. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)