Arabic (Kuwait) (ar-KW)

Complete reference for the ar-KW locale — live Intl API output, CLDR plural rules, and framework config snippets.

Locale reference

Arabic (Kuwait)

Locale metadata

BCP 47 codear-KW

Native nameالعربية (الكويت)

English nameArabic (Kuwait)

Languagear

RegionKW

ScriptArab

Text directionRight-to-left (RTL)

CLDR plural categorieszero, one, two, few, many, other

Estimated speakers~4,000,000

Intl API Live Output

DateTimeFormat

Short١٤‏/٩‏/٢٠٢٦

Medium١٤‏/٠٩‏/٢٠٢٦

Long١٤ سبتمبر ٢٠٢٦

Fullالاثنين، ١٤ سبتمبر ٢٠٢٦

NumberFormat

Decimal١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩

Currency (USD)‏٩٫٩٩ US$

Percent٧٥٪؜

Compact١٫٢ مليون

RelativeTimeFormat

قبل ٣ أيام

Output for: -3 days ago

ListFormat

apples وoranges وbananas

Conjunction list: apples, oranges, bananas

CLDR Plural Rules

Categories supported by ar-KW: zero, one, two, few, many, other

zeroExample number: 0

→ zero

oneExample number: 1

→ one

twoExample number: 2

→ two

fewExample number: 3

→ few

manyExample number: 11

→ many

otherExample number: 100

→ other

Framework Config Snippets

next-intl

// next-intl configuration
// next.config.ts
import createNextIntlPlugin from 'next-intl/plugin';
const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin();
export default withNextIntl({});

// i18n/routing.ts
import { defineRouting } from 'next-intl/routing';
export const routing = defineRouting({
  locales: ['ar-KW', 'en'],
  defaultLocale: 'en',
});

react-intl

// react-intl configuration
import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
import messages from './messages/ar-KW.json';

function App() {
  return (
    <IntlProvider locale="ar-KW" messages={messages}>
      {/* your app */}
    </IntlProvider>
  );
}

i18next

// i18next configuration
import i18n from 'i18next';
import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';

i18n
  .use(initReactI18next)
  .init({
    lng: 'ar-KW',
    fallbackLng: 'en',
    resources: {
      'ar-KW': {
        translation: require('./locales/ar-KW/translation.json'),
      },
    },
  });

export default i18n;