Another cultural group that is prominent in Omani society includes the Baluchis. Baluchis are very different from the Swahilis in very fundamental ways. These ways include racial differences where Baluchis are Indo-European. They speak Baluchi, have their own culture, and history and most importantly have their own tribal system with a minimum of 12 other segmentations of Baluchi tribes in Oman. They also have their own stratification system (Peterson, 39).

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Swahilis, on the other hand, have the same tribal structure, stratification system, and social structure as Arabs. Swahilis have a much easier likelihood to marry into Arab families for that reason in comparison to Baluchis, especially if they have maintained their Arab/mother linkages in their history (Interviewee A).

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A similarity that both groups face is their language differences from Arabs. According to Interviewee A, he had two neighbors: one a Swahili family, another a Baluchi family. Neither family could speak Arabic fluently. The only way to communicate with either family was by speaking in Arabic through the younger children who were raised speaking both their familial language and Arabic. This inhibited bonds and connections being made within the neighborhood. In spite of this limitation, all families continued to share their foods and culture with one another.