Official language of the UAE Arabic, dialect East-Arabian . But the absolute majority of the population speaks excellent English and Hindi and Urdu are widely used . Most of the employees of shops and hotels , as well as the telephone network speak English, so you can also hear the Russian speech . Every year, up to half a million vacationers from Russia come to the Emirates, so the local tour-market has time to adapt to them . For example, in expensive hotels in Dubai, as a rule, there are persons al, speaking in Russian . The same applies to large stores and shopping centers .