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The parent language is spoken by 46% of the world’s population, with the most prevalent being English, Hindi-Urdu, Spanish, Bengali, French, Russian, Portuguese, German and Punjabi
Hidden among the wild fjords of northern Oman , between the mountains and the sea in a quiet bay, sits the small village of Kumzar. This is the country's northernmost frontier, but Kumzar has a distinct atmosphere from the rest of Oman. In fact, its glorious isolation – the village is accessible only by an hour-long speedboat ride or a 2.5-hour trip on a sailing dhow from the nearest city, Khasab – has led Kumzar to develop a language and culture all of its own. Kumzar's unique character owes much to geography. The village sits on the Musandam Peninsula, a tiny coastal exclave of Oman se...