Arabic, Najdi Spoken

ARS

wider communication

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 ,.

Status Notes: De facto national working language.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
Central
South
Arabic

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

Language Development: Bible portions: 2013.

Typology: SVO.

Spoken In: Saudi Arabia

Nation of Origin: Saudi Arabia

Other Comments: Muslim.