Arabic, Najdi Spoken

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A language of Saudi Arabia

ISO 639-3
ars
Population

8,000,000 in Saudi Arabia. Population total all countries: 9,670,000.

Location

Also in Canada, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Syria.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language.

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Dialects

Central Najdi (’Ajmaan, Al-Qasiim, ’Awaazim, Biishah, Haayil, Hofuf, Mutair, Najraan, Rashaayda, Riyadh, Rwala, Sudair, ’Utaiba, Wild ’Ali), North Najdi (Bani Khaalid, Dafiir, Shammari), South Anjdi (Aal Murrah, Najran). Some dialects spoken by Bedouins.

Typology

SVO

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Najdi Spoken
Other Comments

Muslim.

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