 Arabic is the national and official language of the United Arab Emirates . The Gulf dialect of Arabic is spoken natively by the Emirati people . English is used as a second language . Other major languages spoken in Dubai due to immigration are Hindi @-@ Urdu ( or Hindustani ) , Persian , Malayalam , Punjabi , Pashto , Bengali , Sindhi , Balochi , Tulu , Tamil , Kannada , Sinhala , Marathi , Telugu , Tagalog and Chinese , in addition to many other languages . 
