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Serving
Students at
Santa Ana
College and
Santiago
Canyon College
United Arab Emirates
Language
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Languages:
Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu, Farsi
The language
of business is English, but Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Hindi, and Persian are
also widely spoken. Most taxi drivers understand sufficient English
to get you where you want to go, even if they do not understand it.
Literacy:
definition - age 15 and over can read and write
total
population: 79.2%
male:
78.9%
female:
79.8% (1995 est.)
Education:
Compulsory education from ages 6-12.
Links
for More Information
Five
College Foreign Language Resource Center
.
Sources:
Central
Intelligence Agency
U.
S. Department of State
United
Arab Emirates: A Country Study
U.
S. Department of State |
