Glossary

What is Code-switching?

Code-switching is moving between two languages in the same conversation or sentence, as many Gulf callers do with Arabic and English. AI agents must understand both without losing context.

In practice

What it means for your business

Example: "I want to book a موعد for Sunday." Test this before going live.

Khaleeji (Gulf) ArabicLanguages

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