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: 9,870,000.

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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. A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].

Typology

SVO.

Language Development
Bible portions: 2013.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Najdi Spoken
Writing

Arabic script [Arab].

Other Comments

Muslim.

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