Arabic, Hijazi Spoken
A language of Saudi Arabia
| Population | 6,000,000 in Saudi Arabia (1996). Population total all countries: 6,023,900. |
| Region | Red Sea coast and adjacent highlands. Also in Eritrea. |
| Alternate names | Hijazi, West Arabian Colloquial Arabic |
| Dialects | North Hijazi, South Hijazi, Valley Tihaamah, Coastal Tihaamah. North Hijazi has 4 subvarieties, South Hijazi has 16. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara] (Saudi Arabia). |
Also spoken in:
Eritrea
| Language name | Arabic, Hijazi Spoken |
| Population | 23,900 in Eritrea (2006). |
| Region | Red Sea coast. |
| Alternate names | Hijazi |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
HAGBERG, Lawrence R., author. 2006. An autosegmental theory of stress.
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